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“This recognition is an initial step in the right direction, but it is not enough.” This was a statement by Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malaki in support of Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev who spoke of the need to tackle West Bank’s settler violence against Palestinians. Bar-Lev’sstatement was prompted by the spree of settler attacks on Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank, following the killing of a settler by Palestinian gunmen near an illegal settlement outpost in the area. Earlier in the week, Bar-Lev’s position drew rebukes from the pro-settlement rig…