Afghanistan, Oct. 18 -- Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters, European diplomats and a French mayor in the occupied West Bank village of Taybeh on Saturday, October 17, damaging a Belgian diplomatic vehicle and prompting calls for accountability and further European Union sanctions.
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said the delegation included Belgium's consul general for Palestinian affairs, French and Polish diplomats, and Catholic representatives. Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries in northern France, told Reuters that masked attackers struck him and threw him to the ground as he joined Palestinians harvesting olives in solidarity with the local community. The Guardian reported that the attackers a...