Israeli police have detained 10 people in a rare raid against settlers after a weekend of extreme violence in the occupied West Bank, including an attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine that she described as an 'attempted lynching'. The police action, announced on Monday, came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu questioned accounts of settler violence, drawing furious international reactions including from the US and European nations.
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The European Union has condemned an attack by Israeli settlers on a European diplomatic delegation in the occupied West Bank, as violence against Palestinian farmers and foreign witnesses intensifies during the olive harvest. The 27-member bloc issued its statement on Sunday, a day after masked settlers assaulted a visiting delegation of diplomats, a French mayor and clergy in the Christian village of Taybeh.