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Settler Attacks On European Diplomats In West Bank

17 Oct to 18 Oct

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The Associated PressToronto Star
Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning Post
Emma Graham-Harrison in TaybehThe Guardian
James LandaleBBC
Lucia I Suarez SangCBS News
APThe Hindu
AFPThe Hindu
Ali SawaftaThe Independent
Mohamad TorokmanThe Independent
Priyanka ShankarAl Jazeera
Al Jazeera StaffAl Jazeera
Emma Graham-Harrison in JerusalemThe Guardian

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Israeli settler militants have attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and the archbishop of Cambrai in Taybeh, in the occupied West Bank, injuring three people and damaging a car, in the latest violent attempt to prevent Palestinians from harvesting olives on their own land.

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Maxime Prevot said Belgium's consul general to the Palestinians, French and Polish diplomats, and Catholic representatives were among those attacked.

4 of 11 outletsfirst reported 17 Octwording from The Independent

Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, was wearing his red, white and blue sash of office and attempting to enter a vehicle with diplomatic plates when he was assaulted and knocked to the ground on Saturday.

4 of 11 outletsfirst reported 17 Octwording from The Guardian

Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's foreign minister, said he strongly condemned the violence by what he called "Israeli rioters".

4 of 11 outletsfirst reported 17 Octwording from BBC

Israel’s foreign ministry condemned the attack on the diplomats and Israeli police promised to open an investigation.

3 of 11 outletsfirst reported 17 Octwording from Dawn

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“I think that if settlers are behaving like this, there is a tolerance on the part of the Israeli government,” Bernard Baudoux, mayor of the northern French town of Aulnoye-Aymeries, said after he was attacked.

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17 Oct
JERUSALEM (AP) — Masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium’s foreign minister said, on a second day of high-profile assaults on Palestinians and others during the sensitive olive harvest.
10 outlets · Toronto Star

Coverage 16 articles

18 Oct Guardian reporter filmed masked militants seconds before West Bank attack on French mayor
The Guardian
18 Oct JERUSALEM DAILY: Settlers attack EU diplomats
Al Jazeera
18 Oct EU condemns Israeli settler attack on diplomats in occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera
18 Oct Why have settler pogroms surged during olive harvest season in West Bank?
Al Jazeera
18 Oct Palestinians and European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank
The Independent
18 Oct Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat up French mayor
Dawn
18 Oct Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera
17 Oct France demands Israel act after 'criminal violence' against visiting mayor
The Hindu
17 Oct Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in West Bank
ABC News (AU)
17 Oct Masked settlers attack European diplomats in occupied West Bank
The Hindu

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17 Oct EU diplomats say they were attacked by settlers in West Bank
CBS News
17 Oct European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank
BBC
17 Oct Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in West Bank
The Guardian
17 Oct Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat up French mayor in West Bank
South China Morning Post
17 Oct Masked settlers attack European diplomats in the occupied West Bank
Toronto Star
17 Oct West Bank settlers attack Palestinians, Western diplomats, Belgium says
The Straits Times

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