Israeli Settlers Attack European Diplomats and French Mayor in West Bank

Kathmandu. Residents of Israeli settlements attacked a team of European diplomats and beat French Mayor Bernard Baudoux in the occupied West Bank. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed concern over the incidents, which occurred a day after an American photojournalist was attacked.

Mayor Baudoux, 78, of Aulnoye-Aymeries in northern France, was participating in picking olives with Palestinian farmers when masked individuals attacked him with kicks and iron bars. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has demanded the arrest of the perpetrators.