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Eugene

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Sun Aug 6, 2023, 04:37 PM Aug 2023

US calls suspected Israeli settler attack terrorism

Source: Reuters

US calls suspected Israeli settler attack terrorism

By Dan Williams
August 6, 2023 5:41 AM EDT Updated 10 hours ago

JERUSALEM, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Washington has condemned as terrorism the killing of a Palestinian by suspected Jewish settlers, in sharpened language that appeared to reflect U.S. frustration with surging violence in the occupied West Bank under Israel's hard-right government.

Israeli police detained two settlers in Friday's incident near Burqa village. According to Palestinians, they were part of a group that threw rocks, torched cars and, when confronted by villagers, shot a 19-year-old dead and wounded several others.

Initial findings by Israel's military cast the incident as a confrontation that escalated, with casualties on both sides. A defence lawyer said the settlers - one of whom was absent from a court hearing due to a head injury - acted in self-defence.

In their arraignment, a transcript of which was obtained by Haaretz newspaper, the state accused the settlers of "deliberate or depraved-indifference homicide" with a racist motivation.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/sharpened-censure-us-calls-suspected-israeli-settler-attack-terrorism-2023-08-06/

Non-paywalled link: https://news.yahoo.com/sharpened-censure-us-calls-suspected-094153467.html

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US calls suspected Israeli settler attack terrorism (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2023 OP
Inching towards calling the whole regime terrorists. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #1
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