US: Smotrich's comment about wiping out Huwara is disgusting
Smotrich clarified that he had not meant his support of the statement to be a call for vigilante justice.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the state of Israel to wipe the West Bank Palestinian town of Huwara off the map, three days after settler vigilantes burned dozens of homes and cars there. “I think that Huwara needs to be wiped out, but the State of Israel needs to do it, most certainly not private citizens,” he said on Wednesday during a public interview at a conference by business news organization TheMarker. US State Department spokesman Ned Price sharply rebuked the Finance Minister’s words stating that “these comments were irresponsible. They were repugnant, they were disgusting."
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Smotrich clarified that he had not meant his support of the statement to be a call for vigilante justice.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the state of Israel to wipe the West Bank Palestinian town of Huwara off the map, three days after settler vigilantes burned dozens of homes and cars there. “I think that Huwara needs to be wiped out, but the State of Israel needs to do it, most certainly not private citizens,” he said on Wednesday during a public interview at a conference by business news organization TheMarker. US State Department spokesman Ned Price sharply rebuked the Finance Minister’s words stating that “these comments were irresponsible. They were repugnant, they were disgusting."
more.............. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-733091