US envoy labels West Bank settler siege 'terror' amid tense diplomacy

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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee denounced the West Bank settler siege of the village of Qusra as a 'horrific act of terror,' noting Israel intervened at Washington's request but did not remove the settlers; the blockade left Palestinian homes cut off and underscores rising settler violence and ongoing US‑Israel diplomacy over the occupied territories.
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