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Huckabee calls for severe consequences over settler violence: ‘Crime is crime, terror is terror’

From Times of Israel · () English

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  • US envoy Mike Huckabee called for severe consequences against violent settlers during a visit to a Palestinian town in the West Bank.
  • Huckabee said Israel should act in its own interest and that even a few hundred violent settlers were too many.
  • The report cited allegations that settlers burned Palestinian fields and attacked a condolence convoy.

US envoy Mike Huckabee has urged Israel to impose severe consequences for settler violence, declaring: “Crime is crime, terror is terror.”

Huckabee made the remarks while visiting a Palestinian town in the West Bank. He said it was in Israel’s interest to take action, and argued that “a few hundred” violent settlers were “too many.”

Crime is crime, terror is terror

· Mike HuckabeeThe US envoy used the phrase while calling for severe consequences over settler violence.

The call came amid reports that settlers had torched Palestinian fields and attacked a convoy traveling to offer condolences. The incidents added urgency to Huckabee’s demand for a stronger response to violence by settlers.

A few hundred violent settlers are too many

· Mike HuckabeeHuckabee said Israel should act against violent settlers during his visit to a Palestinian town in the West Bank.
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