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Smotrich slams US 'hypocrisy'; reminds ally of Iraq, Afghanistan war

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  • Source: Israeli media
  • 28 Aug 2023 15:22
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The Finance Minister says that the United States is not allowed to lecture the occupation entity given its history in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  • Smotrich slams US 'hypocrisy', reminds ally of Iraq, Afghanistan war
    US Preisdent Joe Biden then Vice President to Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Al-Quds, occupied Palestine in March 2016 (AFP)

Israeli occupation Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich lashed out at Washington's criticism of the entity's political and military practices, describing US remarks against "Tel Aviv" as "hypocritical" given America's history in Afghanistan and Iraq.

During an interview with the Israeli Army radio, Smotrich slammed US lectures to the entity regarding its "human rights," conducts.

"I'm not even talking about the Americans and how they acted in Afghanistan and Iraq. They won't preach to us about human rights, not to the IDF, and not to us on a government level. That is top-level hypocrisy," he said.

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But the recent judicial overhaul launched by Netanyahu and his government's policies in the occupied West Bank has unleashed full resentment between the two parties, the highlight of which Biden's refusal to meet with the Israeli premier and the implicit White House ban imposed on Smotrich and Israeli Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from visiting the United States.

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