US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village: officials

The United States is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege imposed by Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village. The siege, which has been ongoing for almost a week, involves settlers encircling homes in Qusra, cutting off water and electricity, and trapping Palestinians in the area.

According to US and Israeli officials, the US wants Netanyahu to speak out against the settlers' actions, which have drawn public criticism from the US. The US Ambassador to Israel, however, is reported by Channel News Asia as saying that settlers besieging a Palestinian home are "Israeli terrorists".

A White House official stated that a "stable West Bank keeps Israel secure and is in line with this administration’s goal to achieve peace in the region". Settlers had pitched a new tent in Qusra before Israeli soldiers arrived and took it down.

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