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Shoot Palestinians, not settlers: Israeli general exposes double standard

Al Jazeera·Simon Speakman Cordall·6 months ago
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Major-General Avi Bluth, the Israeli commander with responsibility for the occupied West Bank, had not known his comments would be leaked when he boasted of the success of Israel’s policies in the occupied territory.

The army, he claimed in undated comments published by the Israeli liberal daily Haaretz last week, was “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967″.

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Israel, Bluth added, was “turning villages into conflict zones”.…

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