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French mayor attacked by settlers in West Bank says Israel ‘tolerates’ settler violence

Middle East Eye17 October 2026, 17:09 UTCPalestine

French mayor attacked by settlers in West Bank says Israel ‘tolerates’ settler violence The French mayor who was attacked on Saturday by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank said the incident showed that Israel tolerates settler violence. “I think that if settlers are behaving like this, there is a tolerance on the part of the Israeli government,” said Bernard Baudoux, mayor of the northern French town of Aulnoye-Aymeries, speaking to AFP after the attack during a goodwill visit to the Palestinian village of Taybeh. “The whole world needs to kn

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