US ambassador visits Palestinian town amid rise in West Bank settler violence
Huckabee said the Israeli government must ensure Palestinian safety as residents described constant settler attacks and asked for help.
- On Saturday, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, meeting Palestinians including families of U.S. citizens killed by Israeli settlers amid repeated attacks on the town.
- Roughly 3,000 people reside in Turmus Ayya, where about 80% are Palestinian Americans. Residents report frequent harassment by militant settlers, stating they cannot stop them from entering homes to damage property.
- Mayor Nawwaf Zaghoul stated, "We have many issues that we will address," describing constant attacks by settlers. Resident Sameer Hazama added, "We are hoping that will do something regarding these lawless settlers."
- Huckabee, a Baptist minister and longtime supporter of Israeli settlements, has called for prosecuting violent settlers while saying they represent a minority of the wider settler community, which numbers around 750,000.
- Settler violence in the West Bank has risen sharply since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government took office in late 2022. Several settlements established around Turmus Ayya entrench Israeli control over territory Palestinians seek for a future state.
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US ambassador to Israel visits Palestinian town hit by West Bank settler violence
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday visited Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli settler violence. Huckabee, a staunch supporter of Israel and its illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory, said that it was in the Israeli government's interests to take action against violent settlers.
Huckabee calls settler attacks 'acts of terror' during West Bank visit
The U.S. ambassador met Palestinian Americans in a West Bank town repeatedly targeted by settlers, saying Washington is working on a mechanism to curb violence and that U.S. citizens there are 'our responsibility'
The American ambassador to Israel said on Saturday that Israel bears responsibility for the security of the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and called for "severe consequences" in the face of the violence they suffer, after a resurgence of settler attacks. ...
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