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Illegal settlers stone US diplomatic cars
(MENAFN- Arab News) JERUSALEM: Jewish settlers threw stones at the cars of a US diplomatic delegation which came to inspect vandalism to nearby Palestinian-owned trees in the occupied West Bank on Friday Israeli police said.
An Israeli police spokeswoman said the delegation arrived at Adei Ad in US diplomatic cars without first having coordinated the visit with Israeli authorities. She said the purpose of the trip was to inspect nearby trees that had been uprooted in vandalism by Jewish settlers.
'Rocks were thrown at them by residents of Adei Ad. We are investigating. Arrests have yet to be made' the spokeswoman said.
One settler said two armed diplomatic guards briefly emerged from the cars. 'One had a pistol the other an M-16 and they pointed them at the settlers' the resident said.
The Israeli police spokeswoman said: 'We have no indication that anyone in the US delegation brandished weapons.'
Most world powers regard the settlements as illegal and the United States cites their growth as among reasons for long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Seeing the land as a biblical birthright and security bulwark Israel says it would keep blocs of settlements under any Palestinian statehood deal.
An Israeli police spokeswoman said the delegation arrived at Adei Ad in US diplomatic cars without first having coordinated the visit with Israeli authorities. She said the purpose of the trip was to inspect nearby trees that had been uprooted in vandalism by Jewish settlers.
'Rocks were thrown at them by residents of Adei Ad. We are investigating. Arrests have yet to be made' the spokeswoman said.
One settler said two armed diplomatic guards briefly emerged from the cars. 'One had a pistol the other an M-16 and they pointed them at the settlers' the resident said.
The Israeli police spokeswoman said: 'We have no indication that anyone in the US delegation brandished weapons.'
Most world powers regard the settlements as illegal and the United States cites their growth as among reasons for long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Seeing the land as a biblical birthright and security bulwark Israel says it would keep blocs of settlements under any Palestinian statehood deal.
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