Smotrich apologizes to IDF soldiers, society for Huwara comments

Assessment: Finance Min. says he understands how his statement on ‘wiping out’ Huwara was taken by pilots. ‘I failed in my responsibility, broke trust.’ Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich published an open letter Wednesday evening apologizing for his comments following the murder of Hallel and Yagel Yaniv that the Arab village of Huwara in Samaria should be “wiped out.” “I have a friend, a senior-ranking Air Force reserve pilot, who reflected to me the feeling that my