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Concerns Rise Over West Bank Violence Impact on Gaza Peace Efforts
Rubio highlighted that near-daily settler attacks on Palestinians risk escalating West Bank violence and destabilizing the Gaza ceasefire that the U.S. seeks to maintain.
- Speaking at the G7 meeting on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned surging West Bank violence could undercut the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
- Israeli settlers have increased attacks in recent months, including masked assaults on Palestinians in two villages on Wednesday and targeting American Jewish activists last week.
- Rubio outlined stabilization plans for Gaza, noting the International Stabilization Force for Gaza will be stabilization-oriented, ensuring security post-conflict, with Hamas demilitarizing and a Palestinian civil organization administering Gaza.
- Israel's president condemned the Shomron violence as shocking and crossing a red line, one settler was dismissed from reserve duty after firing a gun, and two American Jewish women were deported and barred for 10 years.
- U.S. officials say they are paying alarmed attention to West Bank conditions as settler violence rises, have a new draft resolution, and pledged to prevent spillover from undermining Gaza efforts.
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The U.S. Secretary of State is concerned that events could spread to neighbouring areas.
US Concerned That "Settler Violence" Will Destabilize The Ceasefire In Gaza
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented Wednesday night—following a meeting with his G7 counterparts in Hamilton, Ontario—on recent skirmishes between Hamas gangs and Jewish youth in Judea and Samaria, while reaffirming the Trump administration’s commitment to advancing its Gaza stabilization plan. Rubio expressed “some concern” that the conflict between Hamas-backed Arab gangs and Jewish youth in Judea and Samaria could jeopardize the fragi…
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