The US ambassador to Israel blasted that country’s West Bank settlements on Monday, insisting there are separate laws for Jews and Palestinians.
“Too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes on unchecked,” Daniel Shapiro said in a speech at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Tel Aviv.
“There is a 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,” he continued.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called out Shapiro for making the statements following two violent incidents in the West Bank.
On Sunday, a 39-year-old Israeli woman was killed inside her home by a Palestinian. A pregnant woman was stabbed by a Palestinian on Monday in a different settlement.
With Post Wire Services