Netanyahu downplays settler violence, calls sanctions drastic

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Reacting to US President Joe Biden’s executive order sanctioning settler extremists, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says in a statement that “the vast majority of residents of Judea and Samaria are law-abiding citizens, many of whom are fighting right now in active and reserve duty to protect Israel.”

“Israel acts against all violators of the law in all places,” the PMO statement continues, “and therefore there is no place for drastic steps on this matter.”

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