West Bank should not be 'Judenrein': Israel PM
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the German foreign minister the West Bank "cannot be Judenrein" -- a Nazi expression meaning "cleansed of Jews" -- a senior official said on Friday.
The hawkish premier made the remarks during a visit by Frank Walter Steinmeier earlier this week, according to the official who asked not to be named.
Using Israel's normal terminology for the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said: "Judaea and Samaria cannot be Judenrein."
There has been mounting EU and US pressure for Israel to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the Palestinian territory.
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