Washington presses Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in West Bank village

The U.S. wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege imposed by Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village, officials said on Friday, as settlers pressured residents by pitching a new tent before Israeli soldiers arrived and it was taken down.

Settlers have been besieging homes in Qusra ​for almost a week, intensifying ‌pressure on Palestinians.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.S. requested Israeli security forces remove “Israeli terrorists” from besieging a Palestinian village and the home of a Palestinian American, condemning the actions as criminal and an act of terror.  Huckabee’s statement marks an unusually strong response from the Trum