Guardian reporter filmed masked militants seconds before West Bank attack on French mayor
New video footage of Israeli settler assault on European delegation as Netanyahu attempts to raise doubt
TL;DR
- Israeli militants attacked a delegation of European diplomats and French clerics in the occupied West Bank.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office questioned the delegation's account of the attack, demanding 'serious evidence' and suggesting a 'coordinated campaign to smear Israel'.
- Guardian footage shows masked men threatening diplomats and activists with sticks before assaulting French Mayor Bernard Baudoux and attacking the delegation's vehicle.
- The attack occurred after the delegation spent the morning harvesting olives with Palestinians.
- The Israeli prime minister's office has previously used similar tactics to question accounts of attacks on Palestinians.
- Former Israeli diplomats protested outside the foreign ministry, calling for action against 'Jewish terrorism'.