US delegation rebukes senior Israeli official over ‘escalating and serious’ settler violence in West Bank

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Palestinians and foreign activists gather to protest in support of their land, which they say is under threat of being seized by Israelis, and to express their determination not to leave their properties in Beit Sahour, Hebron Governorate, West Bank, on August 14, 2026. [Mamoun Wazwaz - Anadolu Agency]https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260814-42214589-42214585-ISRAELI_VIOLATIONS_AGAINST_PALESTINIANS_CONTINUE-1.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" width="1200" />
An American delegation visiting Tel Aviv on Tuesday strongly reprimanded a senior Israeli official during a meeting on settler violence in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Channel 12 reported.

The delegation includes members of the US Senate and House of Representatives, advisers to senior US officials and professional teams, the channel said.

The delegation members told a senior official in Israel’s security establishment, whom they did not name: “We are defending you in every way and under difficult conditions, when the entire world is against you,” but stressed that “your response cannot be acts of violence, looting, and attempts to harm the Palestinians.” READ: Attacks on West Bank Palestinians by Israeli occupiers surge in 2026: Commission During the meeting, which focused […]

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