Settlers' Attack on Diplomats in West Bank Disturbs US

The U.S. State Department says it is "deeply concerned" about an attack in the West Bank in which Jewish settlers threw rocks at a U.S. diplomatic convoy investigating claims of damage to Palestinian agricultural property. A spokesman for the State Department, Jeff Rathke, said Israeli authorities were investigating and had acknowledged the seriousness of the Friday incident. He said the U.S. takes the safety and security of U.S. personnel “very seriously.” A spokesman at the...

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