BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Masked settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank attacked Palestinians, Catholic representatives and Western diplomats and officials, Belgium’s foreign minister said on Saturday.
Maxime Prevot said the Belgian consul general, French and Polish diplomats and a French mayor were among those attacked, while a Belgian vehicle was damaged.
“Harvesting olives, reporting the news or carrying out diplomatic duties should never put anyone at risk of attack,” Prevot said.
Belgium will continue to press for sanctions against those responsible for the violence and those who support them, Prevot said.
The Israeli military, the European Commission and French and Polish foreign ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
(Reporting by Makini Brice and Sybille de la Hamaide in Paris, Alexander Cornwell in Jerusalem, Anna Koper in Warsaw and Lili Bayer in Brussels. Editing by Mark Potter)
