US Berates Israel On Settler "Terror Attack" In West Bank Amid Biden Frustration With Netanyahu Govt

The US State Department labelled the killing of a Palestinian in settler violence as a "terror attack", minutes after using a similar term to condemn the killing of an Israeli officer in Tel Aviv. “We strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv that killed one and wounded two others as well as other recent terrorist attacks against Israelis. We express our deepest condolences to the victims’ families and call for an end to these acts of violence and incitement to violence,” the State Department said in a tweet on August 5. A second tweet then referred to the killing of 19-year-old Qusai Jamal Matan on August 4 in a "terror attack by Israeli extremist settlers".
The State Department on August 8 said it stood by the language it had used in the condemnation of settler violence in the West Bank, amid the Joe Biden administration's growing frustration with Prime Minister Benajim Nentanyahu's far-right coalition. The US President last month said Netanyahu’s government has some “of the most extreme members” he’s seen in Israel, and that cabinet ministers who back settling “anywhere they want” in the West Bank are “part of the problem”.