Ro Khanna pictured during a visit to Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Thursday | Reuters
A prominent Democratic US lawmaker from California, Ro Khanna, said Saturday he was “detained” by armed Israeli settlers along with other Americans during a visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank — and accused the military of being complicit.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) denied Khanna’s claim that they were involved in blocking his path on Wednesday, in a statement to AFP.
“Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s, detained me & other Americans on my trip to Palestine,” Khanna said in a post on X.
When the Israeli military arrived at the scene, he added, “they sided with the settlers & continued our detention. They made a huge mistake.”
