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Igovernor wrote:israeli goverment denying the attacks by israeli land grabbing settlers![]()
A delegation of European diplomats has been attacked by masked Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Belgium condemned the assault on its consul general and the other envoys and called for Israel to bring those responsible to justice.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also condemned what they called "the severe act of violence" and said they were investigating.
But the office of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cast doubt on what happened and suggested it was part of a "coordinated campaign to smear Israel".
The attack came only a day after a number of Palestinians and Heidi Levine, a Washington Post photographer, were injured in a separate assault by settlers in another village in the West Bank.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the attack on Levine was "disturbing" and "not a good look".
It was also condemned by the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who called it a "despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards". A staunch ally of Israel, Huckabee said the assailants must face "prosecution to the fullest extent of the law".
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biglad6 wrote:These nutters that are one of the main reasons that show the inaction of the West , the United nations, the so called friendly Arab nations. If everyone of these parties came out and decried, this barbarism including the US, president then perhaps they would be reined in.
In fact most Israel s are against these totally unlawful occupations, it's the right wing Israeli cabinet that's feeling these atrocities.
I have every sympathy with Joe bloggs living on his farm as his ancestors have being shot at , livestock chased away, village ransacked. It's appalling. But don't hold your breath of you think anything's going to be done. It's all not air like us talking about it here.
Sun Oct 18, 2026 5:39 pm
pembroke allan wrote:biglad6 wrote:These nutters that are one of the main reasons that show the inaction of the West , the United nations, the so called friendly Arab nations. If everyone of these parties came out and decried, this barbarism including the US, president then perhaps they would be reined in.
In fact most Israel s are against these totally unlawful occupations, it's the right wing Israeli cabinet that's feeling these atrocities.
I have every sympathy with Joe bloggs living on his farm as his ancestors have being shot at , livestock chased away, village ransacked. It's appalling. But don't hold your breath of you think anything's going to be done. It's all not air like us talking about it here.
Trumps problem is he boasted about fantastic peace deal set out with what should happen but Netanyahu and his cronies always put something in way last time it was hamas must give arms to people of their choosing before they withdraw! but that wasn't the deal agreed.... now they are refusing American contractors from moving in to build the barracks for stability forces
So when you put that together with settlers you can see Netanyahu and cronies do not want a Palestinian state .... trump got a problem what to do about israels behaviour......the politicians both sides are moving against Israel more and more only trump is stopping sanctions being imposed on settlers at some point only matter of time
Sun Oct 18, 2026 7:08 pm
Sven wrote:pembroke allan wrote:biglad6 wrote:These nutters that are one of the main reasons that show the inaction of the West , the United nations, the so called friendly Arab nations. If everyone of these parties came out and decried, this barbarism including the US, president then perhaps they would be reined in.
In fact most Israel s are against these totally unlawful occupations, it's the right wing Israeli cabinet that's feeling these atrocities.
I have every sympathy with Joe bloggs living on his farm as his ancestors have being shot at , livestock chased away, village ransacked. It's appalling. But don't hold your breath of you think anything's going to be done. It's all not air like us talking about it here.
Trumps problem is he boasted about fantastic peace deal set out with what should happen but Netanyahu and his cronies always put something in way last time it was hamas must give arms to people of their choosing before they withdraw! but that wasn't the deal agreed.... now they are refusing American contractors from moving in to build the barracks for stability forces
So when you put that together with settlers you can see Netanyahu and cronies do not want a Palestinian state .... trump got a problem what to do about israels behaviour......the politicians both sides are moving against Israel more and more only trump is stopping sanctions being imposed on settlers at some point only matter of time
Trump can apparently ‘fix’ wars ‘in 24 hours’ and got the solution to all the other issues in 6 weeks
The problem come where ‘tomorrow’ never comes, and the ‘6 weeks’ starts again from the point he repeats himself!![]()
I am becoming more and more convinced he is somehow financially or personally compromised by the Russians (maybe Putin personally) and his current eccentricities are a mix of his age and his desperation to ‘keep the Russians sweet’ before he is (unlikely) sectioned or (more likely) loses the upcoming midterms and his ‘power’ is somewhat diminished![]()
As for Israel? Netanyahu is committing vile crimes in order to save his own ass from going to prison, much the same as Trump did/will do in the future. Neither man gives a hoot about anyone outside their own heads, and they have pushed the world closer to a major escalation of conflicts that really needn’t have happened
Damn the both of them; and their sycophantic enablers. Their time of reckoning will come!