A timeline of West Bank attacks on Palestinians and foreign officials

European diplomats and officials were attacked on Saturday amid a surge in settler pogroms across the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, coinciding with olive harvest season.The settler pogroms have escalated just weeks before Israel heads to the polls on October 27.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel’s ties with Europe are fraying. Can its election change that?list 2 of 3Why Iran-US negotiations keep failinglist 3 of 3Jordan-Israel border becomes new hotspot for sophisticated drug tradeend of listThe European Union (EU) on Sunday condemned settler attacks on European diplomats and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A day earlier, a veteran American journalist working for the Washington Post was also brutally attacked.But this is not the first time Israeli settlers have assaulted foreign officials or prominent Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.Here’s a timeline of some of the recent and past attacks:October 17, 2026Israeli settlers assaulted European diplomats, including a French mayor, near the Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank.The delegation was visiting Palestinian olive harvesters on Saturday when the Israeli attackers confronte...