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U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna Detained by Armed Israeli Settlers During West Bank Visit · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: California Democrat Rokana, a sitting member of the U s
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  Speaker 1: House of Representatives and a potential twenty twenty eight presidential contender,
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  Speaker 1: says he was detained by armed Israeli settlers during a
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  Speaker 1: visit to the occupied West Bank. The incident occurred in
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  Speaker 1: curbeit Zanuda, a small Palestinian hamlet in the southern Hebron Hills,
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  Speaker 1: where Cona's tour group was surrounded by settlers carrying US
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  Speaker 1: made M four rifles. According to Kana, the group's van
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  Speaker 1: was blocked for more than an hour as settlers called
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  Speaker 1: in the Israeli military. His team contacted the US Embassy
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  Speaker 1: in Jerusalem, and eventually Israeli police dispersed the settlers, allowing
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  Speaker 1: the convoy to continue. Kana described the settlers as hoodlums
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  Speaker 1: and accused the israel defense forces of siding with them
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  Speaker 1: rather than protecting American visitors. He said the experience left
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  Speaker 1: him feeling powerless, adding that if settlers could detain a
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  Speaker 1: US congressman, Palestinians face far worse every day. The Israeli
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  Speaker 1: military confirmed that troops and police intervened after receiving reports
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  Speaker 1: of settler's blocking vehicles, but offered few details. Neither the
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  Speaker 1: US Embassy nor Israeli police immediately commented. Kana's detention comes
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  Speaker 1: a mid rising settler violence in the West Bank, which
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  Speaker 1: has surged since the twenty twenty three Gaza war. Wrights
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  Speaker 1: groups accuse Israel of enabling attacks on Palestinians, while Western
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  Speaker 1: governments have imposed sanctions on networks linked to settler violence.
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  Speaker 1: The incident is likely to intensify debate in Washington about
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  Speaker 1: US military aid to Israel, particularly within the Democratic Party,
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  Speaker 1: where divisions over support for Israel have deepened. Kana framed
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  Speaker 1: Gaza and the West Bank as a moral test for Democrats,
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  Speaker 1: signaling that his experience will shape his political message as
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  Speaker 1: he considers a presidential run. His visit makes him the
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  Speaker 1: second Democrat weighing a twenty twenty eight bid to tour
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  Speaker 1: the region this week, underscoring how the conflict is becoming
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  Speaker 1: a defining issue for the party's future leadership. For Palestinians,
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  Speaker 1: the episode highlights the daily risks of settler intimidation for
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  Speaker 1: US politics. It raises uncomfortable questions about America's role in
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  Speaker 1: supporting Israel while its own lawmakers faced attention and occupied
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  Speaker 1: territory