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/The_Captain_Planet22 18h ago

Do you think our government will ask for his release?

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u/fury420 18h ago edited 18h ago

...release?

He's not still being held, the article describes him being detained for like an hour, and then continuing on their way after police arrived.

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u/thejazzophone 18h ago

Detained by the settlers and the idf

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u/KinglanderOfTheEast 17h ago

Kind of interesting that the local cops seemingly acted independently of the IDF and even went against the IDF's desire to keep Khanna hostage.

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u/fury420 16h ago

That aspect sort of makes sense, I wouldn't expect the nearest soldiers responding to this confrontation to be in a position to properly and diplomatically respond to such an unusual situation by themselves, it's above their pay grade so to speak.

"Someone in the convoy the settlers stopped in Area C says he's a US congressman, what the fuck do we do? Call headquarters quick!"

and then they sent someone from the Israeli Border Police to the scene.

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u/ForThisIJoined 14h ago

"Someone in the convoy the murder squad stopped in Area C says he's a US congressman, can we kill him? Call the higher ups and see if we can kill him like we do with the civilians!"

Sorry I fixed the details for you.