US officials visit West Bank village after settler attacks
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 18 Oct, 18:31 · Archive
US diplomats visited the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh after Israeli settlers attacked European officials and a US photojournalist.
US diplomats visited the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh in the West Bank following two separate attacks by Israeli settlers. US assistant secretary of state Riley Barnes, US ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch and other officials visited the Latin Convent church and met with members of the Christian community.
On Saturday, masked Israeli settlers attacked Belgian, French and Polish diplomats along with a French mayor and Palestinian civilians near Taybeh. The previous day, Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was assaulted while covering a Palestinian olive harvest near another West Bank village and was taken to hospital.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and the military blamed 'Israeli rioters' for the attack on the diplomats. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the diplomats had entered a 'sensitive area with a history of confrontations without prior co-ordination with the IDF' and described the facts of Levine's assault as 'unclear'. France urged Israeli authorities to arrest the attackers and end criminal violence in the West Bank, but no arrests were announced by Sunday.
How it is being reported
- US officials visit village after Israeli settler attackThe Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank has been visited by US officials following attacks by militant Israeli settlers on European diplomats.Perth Now · 18 Oct, 18:10
- US officials visit village after Israeli settler attackThe Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank has been visited by US officials following attacks by militant Israeli settlers on European diplomats.The West Australian · 18 Oct, 18:10
In this story: Taybeh · West Bank · Riley Barnes · Brian Burch · Heidi Levine · Benjamin Netanyahu · Gideon Saar · France
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