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Netanyahu Downplays West Bank Attack Accounts as U.S. Condemns

U.S. officials have condemned reported West Bank attacks as Benjamin Netanyahu downplays accounts of extremist violence against Palestinians during the olive harvest.

BharatVox · 18 October 2026 at 10:20 pm IST

Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel — archive photograph (Taken on 1 February 2023 Date, time or b); not the reported event — Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0

U.S. officials have condemned reported attacks in the West Bank while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has downplayed accounts of recent extremist attacks on Palestinians, The New York Times reported on October 18.

The accounts concern violence during the annual olive harvest. Netanyahu has cast doubt on them, but the newspaper’s summary does not detail his objections or identify the U.S. officials who issued the condemnation.

#Benjamin Netanyahu#West Bank#Palestinians#Israel#U.S. foreign policy

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