NYTIMES (Isabel Kershner) - Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, Denounces Israeli Violence
In a speech, Isaac Herzog, whose role is largely ceremonial, delivered a grave indictment of settler attacks in the West Bank and abuse of prisoners.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Hagai El-Ad) - The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms
American and Israeli officials may make noises about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but there’s precious little action. The post The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms American and Israeli officials may make noises about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but there’s precious little action. The brutality—and frequency—of violent attacks on Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has become so appalling that even U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently expressed “concern” over it. “That is a topic we follow very closely,” he said . “I think you’ll see the government there do something about it.” Not only Rubio appears to have been moved to say—if not actually do—“something…Open