European Diplomats Attacked in West Bank Village

European diplomatic representatives were attacked in Taybeh, near Ramallah, on October 17, and Israeli police said they had opened an investigation into the assault. Video from the scene showed a diplomatic vehicle with a smashed window and a person identified as French mayor Bernard Baudoux on the ground. The delegation included representatives from France, Belgium and Poland, according to reports. Witnesses and diplomats identified Baudoux, the mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries in northern France, as the person shown beside the vehicle. Accounts said masked attackers confronted the delegation and demanded identification. Reports also described attackers carrying clubs, though the supplied accounts do not establish a complete independent sequence of events. The incident took place in the Palestinian village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah. Taybeh Mayor Suleiman Khourieh said the delegation had attended a ceremony marking a twinning agreement between Taybeh and the French town of Saint-Pierre before the attack. That account was not independently detailed in the other reports. Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot condemned the attack and said Belgium would continue pressing for European...