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US Ambassador Condemns West Bank Attacks and Warns of Severe Consequences

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Israeli forces and settlers reportedly attacked at least 11 villages and towns in the Ramallah governorate on Saturday, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.
  • The incidents included tear gas fired near a mourning house and damage to crops and olive trees, with no injuries reported in the incidents described.
  • Ambassador Mike Huckabee said perpetrators should be warned of severe consequences and assigned Israel’s government responsibility for protecting Palestinians.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned settler violence in the West Bank as terrorism on the same day that Israeli forces and settlers reportedly entered at least 11 villages and towns in the Ramallah governorate.

They should be warned that they will face severe consequences.

· Mike HuckabeeThe US ambassador’s warning about attacks by settlers.

In Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, settlers entered Palestinian land with their livestock, according to local council head Amin Abu Aliya, cited by the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Israeli troops later entered the village and fired tear-gas canisters toward homes. The gas was fired near a house where residents were mourning two young men from the village who had been killed the previous Wednesday in another attack involving settlers and soldiers. No injuries were reported in the new incident.

In Burqa, east of Ramallah, settlers damaged crops and olive trees, local council head Sayel Kanaan told Wafa. Israeli forces later entered Arura, Abwein, Jaljulia, Ajjul, Ein Arik, Kafr Nima, Bilin and Kharbatha Bani Harith without making arrests, according to security and local sources cited by the agency.

The responsibility to guarantee the security

· Mike HuckabeeHuckabee’s description of the Israeli government’s duty toward Palestinians affected by the violence.

The attacks took place as two Israeli settlers rode motorcycles into Turmusaya, about 100 meters from where Huckabee was visiting Palestinian residents with US citizenship who had been affected by settler violence. During the visit, the ambassador called on Israel to protect Palestinians in the West Bank.

A small group of looters

· Mike HuckabeeHis characterization of the people he said carried out the violence.

“They should be warned that they will face severe consequences,” Huckabee said, according to Israeli media reports. He said Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had “the responsibility to guarantee the security” of Palestinians affected by the attacks. Huckabee also said only a few hundred people, whom he described as “a small group of looters,” were responsible for the “criminal and terrorist behavior” that Palestinians in the West Bank face almost daily.

Criminal and terrorist behavior

· Mike HuckabeeHis description of the conduct Palestinians in the West Bank experience almost daily.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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