As
Washington considers Israeli violence “excessive,” the UN envoy
to Palestine has said Palestinians must be protected.
U.S. State
Department statements that Israel might be using “excessive force”
to confront a wave of stabbing attacks has generated a storm of
criticism by senior Israeli officials in as tensions between Israeli
forces and Palestinian protesters exploded in the last two weeks.
Defence
Minister Moshe Yaalon accused Washington of "misreading"
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and he said shooting “knife-wielding
Palestinians” was self-defense, while Public Security Minister
Gilad Erdan called the U.S. remarks "foolish," Reuters
reported.
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