A Palestinian youth runs from tear gas fired by members of Israeli forces following a settler attack during the olives harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah, on Friday
\n\nIsraeli settlers attacked a group of European diplomats in the occupied West Bank, just a day after veteran Washington Post journalist Heidi Levine was assaulted in an attack by Israeli settlers on Palestinian civilians. The United States now wants Israel to "crack down" on settler violence in the West Bank.
\n\nWashington wants Israel to do more to deter attacks committed by settlers in the West Bank, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. "We're very disturbed by those images and what we're seeing… We've asked the Israelis and continue to ask them to crack down on that stuff," Rubio said.
\n\nRubio, who spoke to reporters before boarding a flight to Uzbekistan, said he expects to hear back from the US Embassy in Jerusalem by Sunday.
\n\nAccording to the US State Department, Rubio had inquired about the event that included Levine's attack.
\n\nUS Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, also condemned settler violence as "a despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards." In a post on X, he called…
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