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Politics● ElevatedSep 5 · Sep 5, 2026, 12:19 PM

US ambassador to Israel visits Palestinian town hit by West Bank settler violence

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from France 24 [en] · Middle East

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday visited Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli settler violence. Huckabee, a staunch supporter of Israel and its illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory, said that it was in the Israeli government's interests to take action against violent settlers.

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