Israel Education Minister pledges two bills on settlements
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(17 Dec 2018) Israeli Education minister Naftali Bennett pledged on Monday to pursue two laws that would bring Jewish settlements in the West Bank under increased Israeli control and provide more security from attacks by Palestinian gunmen. "Citizens and residents of Judea and Samaria do not enjoy the same rights that people enjoy in Tel aviv in terms of water, electricity, kindergartens. It is all second grade here, and an Israeli is an Israeli, is an Israeli." said Bennett. Bennett was speaking after a meeting with the settler community in Givat Assaf in the West Bank, where two Israeli soldiers were killed when a Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus stop last week. Earlier on Monday the Israeli military partially demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of killing two Israelis in a West Bank attack two months ago. Deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence spiked last week in the West Bank. In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the expedited demolition of militant homes. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1956b94e8af6cbacfd3f5765fd7dbc3f
