US Assistant Secretary visits Taybeh after settler attacks
US Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes visited the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh after Israeli militant settlers attacked a French mayor and European diplomats, following a hospitalization of a Washington Post photojournalist.

US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Riley Barnes visited the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh after Israeli militant settlers attacked a French mayor and European diplomats during an olive harvest in the West Bank.
The previous day, Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was hospitalized after being assaulted while covering a Palestinian olive harvest near another West Bank village.
France urged Israeli authorities to arrest the attackers and end criminal violence in the West Bank, but by Sunday no arrests had been announced in the two latest incidents.
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- Channel News AsiaPrimary sourceUS officials visit Palestinian village after settler attacks on diplomats
- www.msn.comCanada Condemns Israeli Settler Attack on European Diplomats in West Bank
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US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Riley Barnes visited the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh after Israeli militant settlers attacked a French mayor and European diplomats during an olive harvest in the West Bank.
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The previous day, Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was hospitalized after being assaulted while covering a Palestinian olive harvest near another West Bank village.
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France urged Israeli authorities to arrest the attackers and end criminal violence in the West Bank, but by Sunday no arrests had been announced in the two latest incidents.
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