(AFP) — Attacks on a U.S. journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank have turned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s championing of settlers into a potential liability days before elections, with opponents calling him soft on “Jewish terrorism.”
Leading opposition contenders Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan and Naftali Bennett, whose politics vary widely, all referred to the attacks as “Jewish terrorism” — a characterization Netanyahu’s government bristles at when it comes from abroad.
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