Netanyahu "unequivocally" condemns death of Palestinian youth
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Days after the discovery of three Israeli teens found dead in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that's no excuse for the death of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem.
"In both our lands, the rights of the individual are sacred. And the foremost right -- without which the others cannot exist -- is the right to live. And that is why we pursued the murderers of Gilad, Eyal and Naftali. They denied them that basic right in such a cruel way," Netanyahu said.
"And that is why I unequivocally condemn the murder of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem a few days ago. The police investigation is ongoing. We don't know yet the motives, or the identities of the perpetrators, but we will. We will bring to justice the criminals responsible for this despicable crime," the prime minister went on to say, speaking from the U.S. ambassador's house in Herzliya. One of the three teens that went missing in the occupied West Bank, Naft
Days after the discovery of three Israeli teens found dead in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that's no excuse for the death of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem.
"In both our lands, the rights of the individual are sacred. And the foremost right -- without which the others cannot exist -- is the right to live. And that is why we pursued the murderers of Gilad, Eyal and Naftali. They denied them that basic right in such a cruel way," Netanyahu said.
"And that is why I unequivocally condemn the murder of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem a few days ago. The police investigation is ongoing. We don't know yet the motives, or the identities of the perpetrators, but we will. We will bring to justice the criminals responsible for this despicable crime," the prime minister went on to say, speaking from the U.S. ambassador's house in Herzliya. One of the three teens that went missing in the occupied West Bank, Naft