# Settler violence in West Bank draws international condemnation

https://mins.news/en/item/108838

- CGTN, 2026-10-18 08:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-18/French-FM-urges-Israel-to-halt-settler-violence-in-West-Bank-1RlbT7WUjuM/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> France, Belgium, Poland and the United States urged Israel to stop settler violence in the occupied West Bank and hold those responsible to account. The calls followed a masked-settler attack on European diplomats and Palestinian olive pickers in Taybeh, and the serious beating of American photojournalist Heidi Levine a day earlier.

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