US officials visit Palestinian village after settler attacks on diplomats
By Ali Sawafta and Steven ScheerTAYBEH, West Bank/JERUSALEM, Oct 18 (Reuters) - US diplomats visited a Christian Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday following attacks by militant Israeli settlers on European diplomats and an American photojournalist in the previous two days.Riley Barnes, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, Brian Burch, US ambassador to the Holy See, and a number of other diplomats visited the Latin Convent church and were expected to meet with members of the Christian community in Taybeh.
