The Palestinian town of Huwara must be razed, said Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister who heads the far-right Religious Zionism party. A sentence that caused chain reactions within the Israeli opposition and many countries, including the United States.
With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michael Paul
This government is completely derailed, says Yair Lapid, the leader of the Israeli opposition who castigates the words of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. In its editorial this weekend, the left-wing daily Ha’aretz calls Smotrich “ war criminal “. It takes the ” totally banish writes the author of the article, who believes that the Israeli minister should appear before the international court in The Hague.
convictions
More and more countries are joining in the condemnations. Notably the United Arab Emirates who call the remarks of the leader of the Religious Zionism in Israel party racist. And this at a time when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says he wants to extend the Abraham Accords to other Arab countries in the region.
Disgusting remarks
Bezalel Smotrich is due to travel to the United States next week to attend a conference of the Israel Bonds organization. His remarks on the locality of Huwara have been called ” repugnant by the State Department spokesperson. No US official will meet him during his stay. A resounding and unprecedented slap underline the media in Israel.
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