Their release confirms that Israeli justice is an integral part of the occupation system and new proof of its participation and that of the Government in covering up this crime, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced in a statement.

The assault on the village sparked a wave of international condemnation, including from Israel’s allies such as the United States. The arrest of 10 settlers was announced in an attempt by Israel’s far-right government to improve its image to world public opinion, but eight have already been released, the WAFA news agency reported.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry demanded yesterday that Washington arrest the Israeli extremist David Ben Zion, who is visiting the United States, for inciting the attack.

The ministry blamed Ben Zion, deputy head of the Jewish settlement council in the northern West Bank, for the raid on the town.

“Hawara must be erased” Ben Zion tweeted before the attack, though he later deleted his words after much criticism. However, Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich later repeated them.

Rather than request an apology from Smotrich, Washington should arrest the original author of the calls to burn Hawara, the Foreign Ministry said.

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