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US ambassador to Israel slams settler siege against West Bank Palestinians as ‘terror'
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Thursday denounced a siege by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank village of Qusra as a "horrific act of terror". Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor who in the past has embraced Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, said the Israeli army intervened on Wednesday after a US request, bu
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- Why it matters
- The US envoy's statement signals the Biden administration's willingness to publicly rebuke Israeli actions the settlers undertake, reversing prior diplomatic positions on West Bank settlements.
- Most affected
- Palestinians in Qusra — Subject to settler siege; US intervention sought Israeli army response.
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- Whether the Israeli army maintains its intervention in Qusra and whether US pressure produces further military action against settlers.
Also reported by: The Guardian, BBC