EU condemns attacks on European diplomats and Palestinians in West Bank

A written statement regarding the attacks was made by the EU Foreign Affairs Service.

"The EU strongly condemns the latest attacks by settlers in the West Bank, which also targeted European diplomats," the statement said. The expression was used.

In the statement, it was stated that the statements of some Israeli representatives condemning the attacks were welcomed, and added: "However, we expect that violence and harassment against Palestinians and attacks against journalists, especially during the ongoing olive harvest period, will be prevented and effective measures will be taken to ensure that those responsible are held accountable." made his assessment.

The statement called on Israel to fully comply with international humanitarian law and international human rights law and to end the expansion of settlements.

Attack on Western diplomats' vehicles

A group of masked Israelis, who usurped Palestinian lands, attacked the vehicles of French, Belgian and Polish diplomats who were going to harvest olives in the Taybe town of the occupied West Bank on October 17.

In the news in the Israeli press, it was stated that the attackers blocked the vehicles carrying the diplomats, and in the images reflected on social media, it was seen that the windows of the vehicle carrying a Belgian diplomat were broken.

The town of Taybe, located in the northeast of Ramallah and where the majority of the population consists of Palestinian Christians, is known as the only settlement in the region with this feature.

Israelis, who usurped Palestinian lands, frequently target Palestinians harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank and journalists in the region.

On October 16, Israelis beat and injured Heidi Levine, a photojournalist for The Washington Post newspaper, while she was covering the olive harvest in the village of Abu Falah in the West Bank.