میدل-ایست-آیRubio says Israeli settler violence in West Bank could undermine Gaza peace deal
Rubio says Israeli settler violence in West Bank could undermine Gaza peace deal
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio became one of the few in the Trump administration to criticise Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank after reiterating the Israeli president's and senior military officials' condemnation of recent settler attacks.
Speaking from Hamilton International Airport in Canada on Wednesday after a G7 foreign ministers meeting, Rubio told reporters that he “thought today the comments were very strong by the president of Israel and also by the IDF commander in the area”, referring to an Israeli army official.
Rubio was referring to Israeli officials' condemnation of an arson attack by dozens of masked Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf on Tuesday. The settlers then went on to attack the Israeli military and the police, who were sent in to stop the violence.
