U.S. ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a 'horrific act of terror'

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel has condemned a siege by Israeli settlers of a Palestinian American family’s home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

IDF evicts several Palestinian families during operation to end settler siege  Haaretz

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Israeli settlers have trapped two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday

Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers who have besieged Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated a major settlement elsewhere in the West Bank. Settlers near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes, including one owned by a US citizen, wi

QUSRA: Israeli forces on Thursday (Aug 13) moved against rogue settlers who have besieged Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated a major settlement elsewhere in the West Bank.Settlers near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes, including one owned by a US citizen, wit

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel has condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the village of Qusra in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

Settler siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank a ‘horrific act of terror,’ US ambassador says  AP News

Israeli settlers have blocked the homes of three Palestinian families in Qusra, cutting them off from food and supplies.

Mike Huckabee, a staunch defender of Israel, said Israel had intervened at the request of the United States to try to impose order.

Mike Huckabee, a staunch defender of Israel, said Israel had intervened at the request of the United States to try to impose order.

Settlers near Nablus since Aug 9 have blockaded Palestinian homes, with residents saying they have been cut off from food.

"The actions of those doing this to this family’s home are criminal," Huckabee continued. "The WH hasn’t 'intervened' because we have kept DC apprised of the situation already."

Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.

Residents said they were left without food and medicine, while the military condemned the settlers’ actions.

Israeli settlers have been besieging two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday, with the families saying their supplies were running out and rights groups urging the authorities to step in.

Israeli settlers were filmed deliberately emptying vital water tanks in the Palestinian herding community of Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley. Ein al-Hilweh freshwater spring had been used by the farmers and Bedouin shepherds of the village for generations. But in 2019, illegal ‘Israeli’ colonists from the n

Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.