According to CNN's July 12 report, US Democratic Congressman Ro Kana said that he was intercepted by Israeli settlers and held for about an hour while visiting Palestinian villages in the West Bank that day. He called on the Israeli government to investigate and prosecute the settlers involved and the Israeli soldiers involved. Qana told CNN that the incident occurred after he visited an elementary school allegedly vandalized by extremist Israeli settlers. Khana recalled that at the time, a group of young men armed with American-made M4 rifles constantly circled around the vehicle they were riding in and abused them in Hebrew and Arabic. He said that although he couldn't understand what the other person was saying, these people filmed them while laughing and also wiped the windshield of the vehicle and blocked the vehicle's path. After the incident occurred, Qana and the team contacted the US embassy and waited for Israeli military personnel to arrive at the scene to deal with it. However, he said that when the four Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene, they sided with the settlers. “At that moment, I really started feeling nervous and afraid that something more serious would happen.” Kana said. He said that when the security personnel accompanying him communicated with the Israeli soldiers, the other party said, “We don't care that there are Americans in the car, we don't care about a US congressman sitting inside, let alone what the US embassy says.”
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According to CNN's July 12 report, US Democratic Congressman Ro Kana said that he was intercepted by Israeli settlers and held for about an hour while visiting Palestinian villages in the West Bank that day. He called on the Israeli government to investigate and prosecute the settlers involved and the Israeli soldiers involved. Qana told CNN that the incident occurred after he visited an elementary school allegedly vandalized by extremist Israeli settlers. Khana recalled that at the time, a group of young men armed with American-made M4 rifles constantly circled around the vehicle they were riding in and abused them in Hebrew and Arabic. He said that although he couldn't understand what the other person was saying, these people filmed them while laughing and also wiped the windshield of the vehicle and blocked the vehicle's path. After the incident occurred, Qana and the team contacted the US embassy and waited for Israeli military personnel to arrive at the scene to deal with it. However, he said that when the four Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene, they sided with the settlers. “At that moment, I really started feeling nervous and afraid that something more serious would happen.” Kana said. He said that when the security personnel accompanying him communicated with the Israeli soldiers, the other party said, “We don't care that there are Americans in the car, we don't care about a US congressman sitting inside, let alone what the US embassy says.”
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