Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says West Bank killing carried out by ‘butchers’
By APWednesday, September 1, 2010
Israeli PM criticizes new Palestinian violence
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) is applauding President Barack Obama’s condemnation of Tuesday’s killing by a Palestinian gunman of four Israelis traveling near the West Bank city of Hebron.
Netanyahu said the killings were carried out by people who don’t respect human life and who “trample human rights into the dust and butcher everything they oppose.”
The militant Hamas movement claimed responsibility for the killings. Hamas rejects Israel’s right to exist and opposes peace talks.
Netanyahu commented after meeting with Obama in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Obama opened the latest round of Mideast peacemaking by bringing the Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for talks in Washington.
