Egypt condemns Israeli minister's call for Palestinian village to be "erased"
STORY: Egypt condemns Israeli minister's call for Palestinian village to be "erased"
DATELINE: March 4, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:50
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the headquarters of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry
STORYLINE:
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned an Israeli minister's call for wiping out the Palestinian village of Hawara in the northern West Bank.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, also the leader of the Religious Zionist Party, said on Wednesday that the village of Hawara, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, "needs to be erased."
He made the remarks after two Israeli brothers were shot dead by Palestinians in Hawara on Sunday, prompting attacks from Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the village that caused at least one death and numerous injuries.
"Such remarks constitute an unacceptable and serious incitement for violence," the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement, lambasting Smotrich for "irresponsible comments that contr
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