PM pans W. Bank attacks by ‘handful of extremists,’ claims they’re not representative
Hours after issuing first public statement on settler violence phenomenon since war’s outbreak, Netanyahu appears to downplay the issue, saying Biden’s concerns are ‘baseless’
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned settlement mayors about a “tiny handful of extremists” carrying out violence against Palestinians that could lead to an escalation in the West Bank, amid concerns from Washington over the phenomenon.
But within hours of issuing that statement, which went further than the premier had gone in the past in condemning the phenomenon of settler violence, his office issued an additional quote from the meeting with Israeli mayors of West Bank towns in which Netanyahu also told them, “I told President Biden that the accusations against the settlement movement are baseless.”
“There is a small extreme minority that does not come from the settlement movement. We condemn them and will deal with them with all the severity of the law,” Netanyahu claimed to have told Biden.
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Hours after issuing first public statement on settler violence phenomenon since war’s outbreak, Netanyahu appears to downplay the issue, saying Biden’s concerns are ‘baseless’
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned settlement mayors about a “tiny handful of extremists” carrying out violence against Palestinians that could lead to an escalation in the West Bank, amid concerns from Washington over the phenomenon.
But within hours of issuing that statement, which went further than the premier had gone in the past in condemning the phenomenon of settler violence, his office issued an additional quote from the meeting with Israeli mayors of West Bank towns in which Netanyahu also told them, “I told President Biden that the accusations against the settlement movement are baseless.”
“There is a small extreme minority that does not come from the settlement movement. We condemn them and will deal with them with all the severity of the law,” Netanyahu claimed to have told Biden.
more............ https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-pa...-extremists-claims-theyre-not-representative/