WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – The United States wants Israel to do more to deter \u200battacks committed by settlers in the West Bank, \u200cUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“We’re very disturbed by those images and what we’re seeing,” Rubio \u200bsaid. “We’ve asked the Israelis and continue to \u200bask them to crack down on that stuff.”<\/p>\n
Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n \u2060His comments to reporters came after the widespread \u200bdissemination of video showing multiple individuals attacking Heidi Levine, \u200ban American photojournalist with the Washington Post. Levine was one of at least two people injured in the Friday incident, \u200bwhich took place as Israeli settlers attacked<\/a> Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n Item 1 of 2 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with Dinorah Figuera, president of the 2015-elected Venezuelan National Assembly, recognized by the US as the country’s last democratically elected legislature, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., US, October 9, 2026. REUTERS\/Eric Lee\/File Photo<\/p>\n [1\/2]US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with Dinorah Figuera, president of the 2015-elected Venezuelan National Assembly, recognized by the US as the country’s last democratically… Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a> Read more<\/p>\n European \u200bdiplomats and a French mayor also were attacked in the \u200coccupied \u2060West Bank, Belgium’s foreign minister said.<\/p>\n The US State Department, Rubio said, has inquired about the event that included Levine’s attack. Rubio, who spoke to reporters before \u200bboarding a \u200bflight to \u2060Uzbekistan, said he expects to hear back from the US Embassy in Jerusalem \u200bby Sunday.<\/p>\n Israeli settlers in the West Bank \u200bhave \u2060been involved in at least 170 attacks on Palestinians since September 27, around the start of the annual \u2060olive \u200bharvest, according to Yesh Din, \u200ban Israeli settlements monitoring group.<\/p>\n Updates throughout with quote, background<\/p>\n Reporting by Gram Slattery and Jasper Ward \u200bin Washington; Editing by Sergio Non and Franklin Paul<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n