Settlers attack European diplomats and French mayor during West Bank olive harvest
Summary
Masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium's foreign minister said, according to ABC News. The Globe and Mail reports that Belgium's consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives were targeted. The Guardian reports that a French mayor, Bernard Baudoux of Aulnoye-Aymeries, was knocked to the ground while trying to enter a vehicle with diplomatic plates, and that the archbishop of Cambrai was also attacked in Taybeh, where three people were injured and a car was damaged. The South China Morning Post reports that the 78-year-old mayor said the masked settlers kicked him and hit him with iron bars. The Guardian describes the attacks as a violent attempt to stop Palestinians harvesting olives on their own land. Al Jazeera reports that four Palestinian women and a child were injured in separate assaults, and the Guardian, citing the Palestinian health ministry, says at least four people have been killed and more than 100 injured since the harvest began earlier this month. The Guardian also reports that Belgium's foreign minister urged further EU sanctions, linking the attack to Israel's illegal settlement policy, and that an attack on Friday seriously injured a Washington Post photographer. The South China Morning Post reports that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned against a brewing crisis in the territory.
Timeline
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Al Jazeera reports that settlers attacked European diplomats during the West Bank olive harvest and that four Palestinian women and a child were injured in separate ongoing assaults.
The Globe and Mail
Source ↗The Globe and Mail reports that Belgium's consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives were targeted, according to the foreign minister.
The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reports that masked settlers attacked European diplomats visiting the occupied West Bank, that Belgium's foreign minister urged further EU sanctions, and that the Palestinian health ministry says at least four people have been killed and more than 100 injured since the harvest began.
NDTV
Source ↗NDTV reports that Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats in the West Bank and that a French mayor was beaten, amid an especially violent olive harvest season.
ABC News
Source ↗ABC News reports that Belgium's foreign minister said masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats in the occupied West Bank.
The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reports that settlers attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and the archbishop of Cambrai in Taybeh, injuring three people and damaging a car.
South China Morning Post
Source ↗The South China Morning Post reports that settlers attacked a diplomatic convoy and beat a visiting 78-year-old French mayor, who said they kicked him and hit him with iron bars.
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Al Jazeera reports that masked settlers attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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