{
  "id": 15353965,
  "title": "US wants Israel to 'crack down' on settler violence in West Bank, Rubio says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/us-wants-israel-to-crack-down-on-settler-violence-in-west-bank-rubio",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-18T05:12:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444785/us-wants-israel-to-crack-down-on-settler-violence-in-west-bank-rubio-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed concern over the violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, urging Israel to take stronger action against such incidents. In a statement to reporters, Rubio said, \"We’re very disturbed by those images and what we’re seeing. We’ve asked the Israelis and continue to ask them to crack down on that stuff.\" The remarks followed the circulation of videos depicting a group of settlers attacking Heidi Levine, a Washington Post photojournalist, along with other Palestinians. Levine was among the injured in the Friday incident, which occurred when settlers targeted Palestinian civilians. European diplomats and a French mayor were also targeted in the violence, according to Belgium’s foreign minister. The US State Department has inquired about the incident involving Levine’s attack, and Rubio anticipates receiving a response from the US Embassy in Jerusalem by Sunday. Over 170 attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have been recorded since September 27, the start of the olive harvest season, according to Yesh Din, an Israeli settlements monitoring group.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON: The United States wants Israel to do more to deter attacks committed by settlers in the occupied West Bank, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday. “We’re very disturbed by those images and what we’re seeing,” Rubio said. “We’ve asked the Israelis and continue to ask them to crack down on that stuff.” Pope calls for an end to West Bank violence against Palestinians His…",
  "key_points": [
    "US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voices concern over Israeli settler violence in West Bank.",
    "Over 170 Palestinian attacks by Israeli settlers recorded since September 27 in West Bank."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The escalation of settler attacks against journalists and diplomats forces the United States to demand greater Israeli accountability to prevent further instability in the West Bank.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "US presses Israel over West Bank settler attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/us-presses-israel-over-west-bank-settler-attacks",
        "published": "2026-10-18T03:59:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "US wants Israel to 'crack down' on settler violence in West Bank, Rubio says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/us-wants-israel-to-crack-down-on-settler-violence-in-west-bank-rubio-15354107",
        "published": "2026-10-18T04:46:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Washington Post CEO demands probe into settler attack on photographer in West Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/washington-post-ceo-demands-probe-into-settler-attack-on-photographer",
        "published": "2026-10-18T08:42:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}