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US Ambassador Mike Huckabee Labels Settlers 'Terrorists' Over West Bank Incident

morning · · thread: Palestinians Injured During Settler March in West Bank

2 sources · Israel

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  • Haaretz Israel · Left · Schocken family and M. DuMont Schauberg
  • The Jerusalem Post Israel · Centre-right · Mirkaei Tikshoret (Eli Azur)

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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stated on Thursday that the US Embassy has been very involved in responding to the harassment of a Palestinian family in the West Bank village of Qusra. Huckabee described the individuals responsible for the actions against the family home as Israeli terrorists and characterized their behavior as criminal. He noted that the IDF and Israel Police went to the scene at the request of the embassy to remove those involved. Huckabee further clarified that the White House has not intervened because the embassy had already kept Washington apprised of the situation. While both reports cover the ambassador's statements, a left leaning source adds that the White House is seeking clarification from Israel regarding why settlers were allowed to maintain a five day siege of a home belonging to an American citizen.

How each side framed it

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The report emphasizes the use of the word terrorists to describe Jewish settlers and highlights the duration of the siege and the American citizenship of the victim.
Centre-right
The report focuses on the ambassador's condemnation of the acts as criminal and his rejection of claims that the US failed to act.

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