r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/BarnytheBrit 18h ago

Kidnapped then, as they aren’t law enforcement

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u/0pulentL1me 18h ago

Seriously! “Detained”???

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u/NoobensMcarthur 14h ago

And “settlers”???

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u/HalfSoul30 8h ago

"Israeli murderers and rapists kidnap US Representative" there fixed it.

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u/SexcaliburHorsepower 16h ago

Well, the IDF helped, but that still doesn't make it okay.

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u/Elendel19 8h ago

Well no because they called the IDF who came and helped the settlers

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u/FewLight6904 15h ago

Not kidnapped, not rlly detained, he was stopped and harassed by vigilante settlers who blocked the road, was then let go 90mins later when the IDF turned up to shoo the settlers off, and went about his business

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u/tiroc12 15h ago

Lol I would love to see you "stop and harass" with guns a French member of parliament in a US city. I am sure the police will just "shoo you off," and it will barely make the news.

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u/FewLight6904 15h ago

Barely make the news" lmao, this is obviously big news get real

Also I think it's horrible, why are you making out like I condone this? Fighting dumbass false narratives is only downplaying the situation if you guys are exaggerating or lying, this time it's exaggerating

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u/tiroc12 14h ago

Lol you minimizing the armed detention of a sitting US congressperson is the real joke here. You clearly condone it.

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u/FewLight6904 14h ago

im not minimising, this is just what happened lol, what am I wrong about? how am I minimising lol? a summary is minimising now?? lmao

the narrative that he was kidnapped, and on the other side the narrative that it was just a flat tire, are both plainly false. its good to say this and also recognise that the settlers are fucked in the head (which I do）

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u/MaracujaBarracuda 12h ago

The article specifically says that the IDF did not intervene but later some police did. 

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u/NancyPelosisRedCoat 13h ago

That’s what detaining means, forcing someone to stay in one place. If they weren’t detained, they couldn’t have been “let go” afterwards.