Israel’s acting prime minister said a probe into violence at a settler protest last week is unnecessary. Ehud Olmert said at Sunday’s Cabinet meeting that accusations of excessive force by the police during the Feb. 1 evacuation of the West Bank outpost of Amona should not be investigated because he doesn’t want to politicize the event.
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