Amman, July 11 (Petra) — US Democratic Representative Ro Khanna said
he was detained by Israeli settlers during a recent visit to the West
Bank, describing the trip as an opportunity to see the real impact of
the Israeli occupation on human lives.

Speaking to Reuters on Thursday from a Palestinian village, Khanna
said that settlers armed with M-4 rifles surrounded a van he was
riding in during a tour of an area in the southern West Bank where
residents face repeated settler attacks.

“We were in a village that had been destroyed by Israeli settlers.
They destroyed the school, and they destroyed that village, and we
were just inspecting that when these thugs came with M-4 rifles,
which are US-made rifles, and they detained us, blocked the road, and
then called the IDF, and the IDF sided with them, not with the
Americans,” said Khanna, a US House member representing California.

Cameron Kasky, an aide to Khanna who was part of the group, said they
were held for more than an hour and pleaded with the US Embassy in
Jerusalem for assistance. He added that a group of officers, who
appeared to be police, eventually intervened, leading to their
release.

//Petra// AF