US ambassador to Israel slams settler siege against West Bank Palestinians as ‘terror’
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Thursday denounced a siege by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank village of Qusra as a "horrific act of terror". Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor who in the past has embraced Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, said the Israeli army intervened on Wednesday after a US request, but the soldiers failed to remove the…
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- ‘No excuse for thuggish behaviour’: US envoy blasts Israeli settler siege in West Bank, calls it ‘terror’ malaymail.com
- Israel reopens once-closed West Bank settlement al-monitor.com
- Families move into rebuilt West Bank settlement of Ganim, 21 years after evacuation timesofisrael.com
- West Bank: "In recent weeks, we've seen a striking escalation in violent acts" france24.com
- Israeli settlers move back to northern West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005 haaretz.com
- US diplomat calls Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes ‘act of terror’ qatar-tribune.com
- Violence directed at West Bank family a 'horrific act of violence,' U.S. ambassador to Israel says cbc.ca
- West Bank: US ambassador to Israel denounces siege of Palestinian homes as 'horrific act of terror' lemonde.fr
