In the West Bank, a French mayor injured in the attack on a diplomatic convoy by settlers

Bernard Baudoux had come to participate in the olive harvest in the lands of the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah. The mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, in the North, was targeted and injured on Saturday October 17 during an attack by Israeli settlers, according to information from Le Figaro. He was alongside a delegation including French, Belgian and Polish diplomats, also targeted by the attackers.

The presence of the elected official in this village in the occupied West Bank is part of a rapprochement between the two municipalities. In July, Bernard Baudoux announced the unanimous vote of the municipal council for a twinning with Taybeh. A delegation was to go there in the fall to provide humanitarian aid, before welcoming Palestinian children in the northern city.

On Saturday, the presence of European representatives did not prevent the attack. “Seven masked settlers, armed with clubs, arrived on quad bikes and surrounded our vehicles…