Israeli settlers torch Palestinian vehicles and homes in West Bank village - CNN

Israeli settlers have attacked European diplomats, including a French mayor, near the Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. The delegation was visiting Palestinian olive harvesters on Saturday when the Israeli attackers confronted the group. The attack comes a day after settlers assaulted a US journalist north of Ramallah. In Saturday’s incident, the settlers targeted Belgium’s consul general, French and Polish diplomats, and Catholic representatives, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prevot said. “A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle damaged,” Prevot said, linking the attack to Israel’s “illegal settlement policy” and pledging to push for further European Union sanctions. Bernard Baudoux, the French mayor who was assaulted, told the AFP news agency the attack suggests that “there is a tolerance on the part of the Israeli government” towards settler violence. Video shared by an activist at the scene, Amit Orfali, shows Baudoux leaning against a vehicle while sitting on the dusty ground.

Masked Israeli settlers attacked a group of European diplomats on Saturday during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium’s foreign minister Maxime Prevot said. The attackers targeted Belgium’s consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives in the village of Taybeh, 5 kilometres northeast of Jerusalem, according to Prevot.

At least two people, including a Washington Post journalist, injured as settlers armed with clubs and guns attack. Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians and an American journalist and set fire to olive trees in the West Bank, as pogroms in the occupied territory continue. Approximately 80 masked settlers armed with clubs charged at Palestinians in the village of Abu Falah north of Ramallah as they picked fruit on Friday. The harvest, which provides an economic lifeline in the territory, has become a regular target of Israelis from illegal settlements, who have stepped up violence amid encouragement from the government for the expansion of settlements. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli plan to reopen settler ‘Route 463’ threatens to isolate Ramallahlist 2 of 3UK Green member behind anti-Zionism motion ‘receives death threats’list 3 of 3‘Trying to dominate’: In Cyprus, some fear Israel’s growing influenceend of listAs the settlers confronted them – some using slingshots – the Palestinians responded by throwing rocks. Israeli ⁠⁠military jeeps sped into the area, but the attack continued, and the soldiers fired tear gas in their direction.