US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank, where around 80 percent of residents are Palestinian-Americans. As he met residents, Israeli settlers drove past below, which resident Sameer Hamza called no coincidence, saying it let the ambassador see firsthand how they are provoked and intimidated.
Huckabee, a longtime supporter of Israeli settlements, has called some attackers terrorists, unusually strong language for him, while insisting they are only a tiny minority, a framing Al Jazeera challenged directly. Residents who hosted him are left wondering whether his visit brings more protection, or whether the violence only escalates.
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports from Turmus Ayya.
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