Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted Sunday in response to a high Israeli minister’s earlier name to wipe out a Palestinian city, calling the statements “inappropriate.” 

“It is necessary for all of us to work to tone down the rhetoric decrease the temperature,” Netanyahu wrote in English in a Twitter thread. “That consists of talking out forcefully in opposition to inappropriate statements and even correcting our personal statements once we misspeak or when our phrases are taken out of context.”

Netanyahu didn’t straight title Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich who earlier singled out the city of Huwara after a Palestinian from the village shot and killed two Israelis within the West Bank final week. 

“The village of Huwara must be worn out. I believe that the State of Israel wants to try this – not, God forbid, non-public people,” Smotrich had mentioned.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted Sunday in response to a high Israeli minister’s earlier name to wipe out a Palestinian city, calling the statements “inappropriate.”  (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo through AP)

Smotrich later backtracked on his feedback, saying he did not imply for Huwara to be erased however for Israel to function surgically inside it in opposition to Palestinian militants.

Netanyahu’s tweet didn’t condemn Smotrich however as an alternative implied the minister had misspoken. Netanyahu continued on in his thread to sentence “The worldwide group’s silence” amid assaults between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. 

“It continues to show a blind eye to the PA’s rampant incitement, to the disgusting spectacle of Palestinians handing out sweets to rejoice terror assaults in opposition to Jews and to the official PA pay-to-slay coverage, during which the PA pays terrorists to homicide Jews. The worldwide group’s silence within the face of Palestinian assist for terrorism should lastly come to an finish,” Netanyahu wrote. 

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich had singled out the city of Huwara after a Palestinian from the village shot and killed two Israelis within the West Bank final week.  (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg through Getty Images)

The State Department additionally condemned Smotrich’s feedback final week, whereas additionally warning that each side want to permit tensions to ease after days of violence.

“These feedback have been irresponsible, they have been repugnant, they have been disgusting, and simply as we condemn Palestinian incitement to violence, we condemn these provocative remarks that additionally quantity to incitement to violence,” State Department spokesman Ned Price mentioned in response to the feedback. 

Price additionally requested for Netanyahu “and different senior Israeli officers to publicly and clearly reject and disavow these feedback.”

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The State Department additionally condemned Smotrich’s feedback final week, whereas additionally warning that each side want to permit tensions to ease after days of violence.  (Kevin Lamarque/Pool/AFP through Getty Images)

Price touched upon the violence that ensued after the 2 Israelis have been killed, whereby tons of of Israelis reacted by burning automobiles and houses.

“We have seen far an excessive amount of violence, far an excessive amount of bloodshed,” Price mentioned. “We have roundly condemned and rejected the terrorist assaults that Israel has suffered in current days.”

Fox News’ Peter Kasperowicz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.