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      Conservative US Jewish Groups Issue Rare Rebuke of Israeli Settler Violence

      But attacks viewed by the Rabbinical Assembly and Orthodox Union as an aberration are seen by human rights groups as inherent in Israeli policies and actions.

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 28, 2023

      The leading Conservative and Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States on Monday issued rare condemnations of Sunday's deadly rampage by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the illegally occupied West Bank, joining U.S. and Israeli human rights groups in decrying the violence.

      The Rabbinical Assembly, the New York-based international association of Conservative rabbis, published a statement saying that "we are in pain and join the condolences to the families of those killed, among them the Yaniv family and the Al-Aqatsch family," a reference to 19-year-old Yigal Yaakov Yaniv, one of two Israeli brothers murdered by a Palestinian gunman on Sunday, and Sameh Al-Aqatsch, a 37-year-old Palestinian man killed by rampaging settlers in Hawara hours later.

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      A Palestinian boy walks near a burned car

      Israeli Rights Group Condemns Settler 'Pogrom' Against Palestinians in West Bank

      "This isn't 'loss of control,'" said B'Tselem. "This is exactly what Israeli control looks like. The settlers carry out the attack, the military secures it, the politicians back it."

      Jake Johnson
      Feb 27, 2023

      Israeli settlers tore through the occupied West Bank on Sunday, violently attacking Palestinians and setting fire to their cars, houses, and businesses in what one rights group called a "pogrom" sanctioned by the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

      The settlers, who killed at least one Palestinian and injured hundreds more, launched their assault after a suspected Palestinian gunman fatally shot two Israeli settlers while they were driving in the West Bank.

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      Bush-Era US Ambassador Accuses Israel of 'Creeping Annexation' of West Bank

      Former American envoy to Tel Aviv Daniel Kurtzer also called Israel's move to legalize settler outposts a "significant violation of a commitment that the Israeli government made in writing" to dismantle "illegal settlements."

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 24, 2023

      A former U.S. ambassador to Israel on Friday sharply criticized the far-right government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for seeking to annex Palestinian land in the illegally occupied West Bank.

      The Guardianreports Daniel Kurtzer, who served as U.S. ambassador in Tel Aviv during the administration of former President George W. Bush, told members of the Jewish Democratic Council of America that the Biden administration should do more to try to prevent the Israeli government's "creeping annexation" of the West Bank.

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