Israel’s closest ally the United States demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repudiate a call by his hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for a Palestinian village to be erased. | Reuters
Smotrich added: “I think that the state of Israel needs to do it, but God forbid not individual people.”
A Palestinian gestures during clashes with Israeli troops amid a raid in Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanIsraeli police also arrested 10 people suspected of involvement in the settler rampage through Huwara on Sunday, launched after two Israeli brothers were shot by a suspected Palestinian gunman as they sat in their car.
Smotrich’s comments underlined the gulf between international calls for de-escalation and the instincts of major sections of Netanyahu’s right-wing government who have called for tougher action against Palestinians. “I support a disproportionate response by the and the security forces to every act of terrorism,” including the “deportation of the families of the terrorists,” Smotrich added.With the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and Jewish Passover festival weeks away, foreign mediators have sought to tamp down tensions that have surged after a spate of deadly Palestinian street attacks and lethal Israeli military raids.
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