On Israeli Election Eve, Settler Violence Becomes Netanyahu Liability

On Israeli election eve, settler violence becomes Netanyahu’s liability

Opposition figures despite their political differences, condemned the settler attacks as 'Jewish terrorism', a term Benjamin Netanyahu’s government strongly rejects when used by foreign critics.

On Israeli election eve, settler violence becomes Netanyahu liability

Leading opposition contenders Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan and Naftali Bennett, whose politics range widely, all referred to the attacks as "Jewish terrorism" -- a term of the sort that the Netanyahu government bristles at when levelled from abroad. In separate incidents, settlers ambushed both US photographer Heidi Levine, who remains in hospital, and a European delegation including the top French official in Jerusalem when they went to Palestinia…

'Jewish terrorism': On Israeli election eve, settler violence becomes Netanyahu liability