The U.S. State Department asked Israel for an explanation of its policy of assassinating Palestinian leaders implicated in attacks on Israelis, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. According to the article, Israel asked the United States to keep the section on Israeli treatment of Palestinians out of the State Department’s annual report on human rights violations, but the request was refused.
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