West Bank & Jerusalem
US lawmaker urges Trump to stop West Bank settler violence
Image credit: Middle East Eye
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Middle East Eye reported that US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on the Trump administration to pressure Israel into protecting Palestinians from escalating settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Jeffries's statement came as attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian communities have intensified across the territory.
The lawmaker's appeal marks a rare public call from senior Democratic leadership for direct US intervention on the issue of settler violence. The attacks represent a persistent source of friction between Palestinian communities and Israeli colonists in the West Bank, where settlers have conducted raids and clashes that have drawn international concern.
