Ro Khanna said rifle-wielding men held him and his team for 90 minutes during a trip to the West Bank
US Congressman Ro Khanna has said that armed Israeli settlers detained him during a visit to a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, claiming that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops sided with the settlers rather than helping his delegation.
Khanna, a progressive Democrat from California, has often criticized Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and accused it of committing genocide in Gaza, an allegation Israel denies.
According to the congressman, the incident occurred on Wednesday during a three-day fact-finding trip to examine the impact of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian communities. He said masked Israeli settlers carrying US-made M4 rifles surrounded the van carrying him and his team as they visited the abandoned Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, where they were inspecting a school that Khanna said had been destroyed by Israeli settlers.
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