Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hebron’s settler community to “abide by the law” after settlers there claimed responsibility for smashing the windows of Arab-owned cars in the volatile West Bank town. Sunday’s incident came after two days of violence between Hebron’s settler and Arab populations that was sparked by the shooting deaths last week of three Palestinian workers at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank. Palestinians protested the shootings during a series of violent confrontations with Israeli troops in recent days, with the latest clash reported Sunday near the West Bank town of Ramallah.
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