France demands Israel arrest settlers who attacked French mayor in West Bank
France demands Israel arrest settlers who attacked French mayor in West Bank French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot demanded Saturday that Israel crack down on “criminal violence” after a French mayor was attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Bernard Baudoux, mayor of the northern French town of Aulnoye-Aymeries, “was violently assaulted by extremist settlers”, Barrot said on X. “The…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called upon Israel to arrest Israeli settlers responsible for violently assaulting a French mayor in the West Bank. Bernard Baudoux, the 78-year-old mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, was brutally attacked by extremist settlers while visiting the Palestinian village of Taybeh. Accompanied by French, Belgian, and Polish diplomats, Baudoux was thrown to the ground, kicked, and beaten with iron bars by the masked assailants.
Barrot denounced the "criminal violence" and demanded that Israel take immediate action, arresting those responsible and prosecuting them under international law.
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