Despite the established idea of the American-Israeli alliance, Washington is putting pressure on Israel, and protest sentiments are growing in the country.
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The United States, which is considered Israel's closest ally in the Middle East, has demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abandon the finance minister's tough call to “wipe a Palestinian village off the face of the earth”, writes Reuters.
Even more. video footage of police using tasers and a fight with Israeli protesters on a main road during a nationwide “day of unrest” over the government's plans to reform the judiciary were pressed on the Israeli leader.
Minister Betzalel Smotrich made the remarks at a conference on Wednesday amid a wave of deadly Palestinian attacks in the occupied West Bank. But the aggression comes from both sides – in a clash Israeli military recently killed two Palestinians.
In response to a question about the riot of settlers in the Palestinian village of Huwara, which on Tuesday the Israeli general called a “pogrom” , Smotrich said: “I think that Khuvara should be wiped off the face of the earth.”
Smotrich added: “I believe that the state of Israel should do this, but God forbid, not individual people.” ” and “disgusting,” telling reporters, “We call on Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials to publicly and clearly reject these comments and deny them.”
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Palestinian leaders welcomed the State Department's response.
Washington's extremely direct response underscored growing international concern about escalating violence in the West Bank, where three Israelis and a Palestinian were killed during two days of bloodshed earlier in the week.
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Violence was still ongoing on Wednesday. Israeli forces killed one Palestinian and arrested six in the West Bank.
