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Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in West Bank
Financial Times · 4 hours ago · Read the Full Story on Financial Times
AI SUMMARY
Masked Israeli settlers assaulted a convoy of European diplomats in the occupied West Bank, injuring a French mayor and drawing international condemnation.
- A convoy carrying French, Belgian, and Polish officials to the Palestinian town of Taybeh for the olive harvest was attacked by masked settlers on Saturday.
- The attackers demanded identification, threatened to kill the diplomats, and smashed a vehicle window.
- A visiting French mayor sustained injuries during the incident.
- Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot condemned the assault and called for EU sanctions against responsible parties.
- The attack followed the severe beating of Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine by settlers in Abu Falah on Friday.
- UN OCHA data shows more than 1,600 settler attacks against Palestinians and their property this year.
- The Israeli military and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar condemned the attack and stated that an investigation is underway.
- Israeli opposition figures Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Golan strongly condemned the violence, calling it state-backed Jewish terror.
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