EU Denounces Remark By Israeli Minister On Destruction Of Palestinian Village
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BRUSSELS, March 3 (KUNA) -- The European Union Friday denounced a recent statement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich who called for the destruction of a Palestinian village Huwara that was the target of deadly Israeli settlers rampage last Sunday.
'The comments by Minister Smotrich are unacceptable.
They incite to indiscriminate violence in a situation which is already extremely tense and led to loss of lives and widespread destruction,' lead EU spokesperson Peter Stano told a news conference in Brussels in reply to a question by KUNA.
He noted 'the EU expressed its great concerns regarding the spiraling violence on the ground and the HR (Josep Borrell) was clear that immediate measures of de-escalation were necessary.'
'The comments of Minister Smotrich go in the opposite direction and cannot be tolerated.
We call on the Israeli government to disavow those comments and to work together with all the parties involved to defuse tension,' he added. (end)
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