Settlers attack European diplomats near Taybeh
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Masked Israeli settlers attacked near Taybeh in the West Bank vehicles carrying French, Belgian and Polish diplomats, also assaulting Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries. French minister Jean-Noël Barrot and his Belgian counterpart Maxime Prévot condemned the violence, while Israel announced a police investigation, reports Al Jazeera.
At least seven masked Israeli settlers surrounded vehicles carrying French, Belgian and Polish diplomats near Taybeh on Saturday, in the Palestinian Christian village in the occupied West Bank. They demanded the occupants’ identity documents, smashed a window of a Belgian consular vehicle and assaulted Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, according to witnesses and press reports cited by Al Jazeera.
The attack took place during the olive harvest and also targeted Palestinians. It prompted condemnation from several European countries. Bernard Baudoux had already been identified as the French victim in the assault on a French mayor in the West Bank.
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