Nationalist crime in West Bank jumps 63% amid rising violence, security data shows
Mike Huckabee said the siege of a Palestinian family’s home was terror as U.N. officials warned settler violence has reached unprecedented levels.
- On Thursday, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee denounced as "terror" a settler siege on an American Palestinian family's home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, calling the actions "disgusting" and stating there is "no excuse for such thuggish behavior."
- Settlers near Nablus have blockaded homes in Qusra since Sunday, harassing residents and cutting off supplies; owner Lou Ridi stated his 48-year-old brother and nephew were trapped inside without food or water for several days.
- The Israeli military dismantled "two illegal outposts" on Thursday near Qusra and deployed additional soldiers to the area, while violence against Palestinians has increased dramatically since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.
- Ambassador Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian and longtime ally of the settler movement, issued a sharp rebuke despite previously embracing Jewish settlement in the West Bank and rejecting a Palestinian state.
- Critics and the Israeli opposition accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of ignoring settler violence as settlers build more outposts to challenge the prospect of a future Palestinian state in the West Bank.
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Israeli Settlers’ Siege of Palestinian Homes Draws a Sharp US Rebuke
QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded three Palestinian homes on the outskirts of a town in the occupied West Bank, preventing the families from leaving safely as their food and water supplies dwindled.
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Israeli settlers’ siege of Palestinian homes draws sharp US rebuke
Violence directed at West Bank family a 'horrific act of violence,' U.S. ambassador to Israel says
The U.S. ambassador to Israel on Thursday condemned a siege by Israeli settlers of a Palestinian American family's home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, calling it a "horrific act of terror."
Since Sunday, a few dozen Israeli settlers have blocked access to Palestinian homes in the village of Qusra, in the northern West Bank.
Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a ‘horrific act of terror,’ U.S. ambassador says
The U.S. ambassador to Israel on Thursday condemned a siege by Israeli settlers of a Palestinian American family's home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, calling it a "horrific act of terror."
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