ISTANBUL - Israel's right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich admitted on Saturday, March 4 that his statements earlier this week about the "clearing" of the Palestinian city of Huwara were "misplaced", according to several media reports.
The Times of Israel newspaper quoted Smotrich as telling local media that "the diction is wrong, but the meaning is very clear."
"Wrong word because too emotional", he said as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, March 5.
Earlier this week the United States condemned Smotrich's remarks, calling them "irresponsible", "abhorrent" and "disgusting".
"Just as we condemn Palestinian incitement to violence, we condemn this provocative statement which constitutes incitement to violence", US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
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Price urged Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials to "publicly and unequivocally reject and retract those statements."
Smotrich said Huwara should be "annihilated" by the Israeli government after the recent violence in the occupied West Bank following the deaths of two Israeli brothers.
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