PM: US ambassador's remarks are 'unacceptable'
- 9 years ago
The Prime Minister's Office reacted angrily Monday night to US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro's charge the Jewish state holds Israelis and Palestinians to different standards of law in Judea and Samaria.
In his speech at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Tel Aviv on Monday, Shapiro accused Israel of selective law enforcement against Palestinians in Judea-Samaria.
"Too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes on unchecked," he charged, adding that "there is lack of thorough investigations... at times it seems Israel has two standards of adherence to rule of law in the West Bank - one for Jews and one for Palestinians."
In his speech at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Tel Aviv on Monday, Shapiro accused Israel of selective law enforcement against Palestinians in Judea-Samaria.
"Too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes on unchecked," he charged, adding that "there is lack of thorough investigations... at times it seems Israel has two standards of adherence to rule of law in the West Bank - one for Jews and one for Palestinians."