US demands Netanyahu condemn settler siege on Palestinian village

The United States has called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn Israeli settlers who have besieged Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra. France has gone further, urging the arrest and prosecution of the settlers involved. Residents of Qusra remain cut off from food and other essential supplies, according to the draft report. The growing settler violence is adding political pressure on Netanyahu just weeks before Israel’s national election.