Israeli Police Arrest 4 Settlers After West Bank Attack on CNN Journalists
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Updated · CNN · Jul 11
Israeli Police Arrest 4 Settlers After West Bank Attack on CNN Journalists
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 11
Summary
Four settlers were arrested after attacking CNN and other journalists near Sinjil, north of Ramallah, where crews had gone to cover the first anniversary of Saif Musallet’s killing.
Police said the group blocked the journalists’ cars, wielded wooden and metal rods, threw stones, and used a knife; one vehicle’s windshield was smashed before officers and soldiers arrived and seized clubs and a knife.
The attack unfolded at the site where Musallet — a Palestinian-American beaten to death by settlers in July 2025 — was killed; his father told CNN no one has been arrested in that case.
The incident came days after U.S. Representative Ro Khanna said settlers detained him near Turmus Ayya, underscoring mounting scrutiny of settler violence against Palestinians and visiting Americans in the West Bank.
Benjamin Netanyahu said this week the problem has been exaggerated and blamed about 150 'juvenile delinquents,' even as violence has risen alongside rapid settlement expansion.