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Israeli minister dismisses US ‘terror’ label after deadly settler attack

Settler attacks against Palestinians and their property are a regular occurrence and often take place under the protection of the Israeli army [Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo]

A member of Israel’s far-right government has dismissed the United States’ description of the killing of a Palestinian in an attack by Israeli settlers as a “terror attack”.

“I wouldn’t advise treating the US definition as a precise professional definition. At the end of the day, they are not drawing on intelligence, but on media reports,” Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter was quoted by local media outlets as saying on Tuesday.

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