From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
‘Obey the law’: Netanyahu condemns Druze riots in Golan, West Bank settler rampages
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on Israelis to obey the law on a day that saw settlers rampaging through Palestinian towns in the West Bank and Druze demonstrators clash with police in the Golan Heights.
“There are days where you have to state the obvious, Israel is a state of law and order,” Netanyahu says in a video statement. “Israeli citizens are obliged to obey the law.”
“We will not accept rioting, not in the Golan Heights, and not in Judea and Samaria,” he says referring to the West Bank by its biblical names.
“I give my full backing to the Israel Police and the security forces in their efforts to impose law and order,” he says.
“We will not accept any challenges to the security forces in these places or anywhere else. We are a country of laws,” he says.
