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Finance Minister Smotrich Blames Left-Wing Incitement for Gush Etzion Vehicle Attack
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First reported by Arutz Sheva · 23 hours ago
What happened
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich condemned a vehicle attack on settlers in Gush Etzion, blaming left-wing incitement by Yair Golan and others. He called on President Herzog to denounce the violence and urged political figures to retract statements about evacuating the farms after elections.
- 01Finance Minister Smotrich condemned a vehicle attack on Gush Etzion settlers as "Jewish anarchist" violence.
- 02He blamed the attack on incitement by Yair Golan and left-wing figures.
- 03Smotrich called on President Isaac Herzog to condemn internal violence.
- 04He urged Golan, Gadi Eizenkot, and Naftali Bennett to retract evacuation statements.
- 05Smotrich warned that ignoring this would be seen as permitting bloodshed against settlers.
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