以色列定居者于10月17日星期六袭击了一支欧洲外交官车队，并殴打了一位到访的法国市长，目击者和外交官告诉法新社，这是近期暴力事件的升级，发生在巴勒斯坦橄榄收获期间。目击者称，法国、比利时和波兰使团的汽车载着外交官前往 Taybeh 村访问，该村位于被占领的西岸，是一个以基督徒为主的村庄，当时定居者下来阻止巴勒斯坦人采摘橄榄。
Israeli settlers on Saturday, October 17, attacked a convoy of European diplomats and beat up a visiting French mayor, in an escalation of recent violence during the Palestinian olive harvest, witnesses and diplomats told Agence France-Presse. Cars from the French, Belgian and Polish missions had brought diplomats to visit Taybeh, a largely Christian village in the occupied West Bank, when settlers descended to stop Palestinians from gathering olives, witnesses said.
目击者和外交官证实了他的身份后称，蒙面定居者在对外交官发表激烈言论后，向78岁的法国北部城镇奥尔努瓦-埃梅里左翼市长伯纳德·博杜（Bernard Baudoux）踢去。两名与他交谈的人表示，他受伤了但不需要去医院。
Masked settlers made aggressive statements toward the diplomats before kicking Bernard Baudoux, 78, the leftist mayor of the northern French town of Aulnoye-Aymeries, according to witnesses and diplomats who confirmed his identity. Two people who spoke to him said that he was hurt but did not need to go to hospital.
“我认为，如果定居者是这样行为的，那么以色列政府对此持容忍态度，”博杜在被袭击后说。“整个世界都需要知道那里发生了什么。对我来说，我会回到我的国家，一切都会好起来的。继续受苦最深的人就是那些在这里的人。”这位左翼市长表示，他当时正与耶路撒冷的法国总领事以及他家乡教区的一位神父一起访问，旨在签署他所在城市（该城市有橄榄徽章）与 Taybeh 之间的善意合作协议。
"I think that if settlers are behaving like this, there is a tolerance on the part of the Israeli government," said Baudoux after he was attacked. "The whole world needs to know what's happening there. For me, I'll go back to my country and everything will be fine. Those who continue to suffer the most are those who are here." The mayor, a leftist, said he was visiting with the French consul general in Jerusalem and a priest from his home parish to sign a goodwill cooperation agreement between his city, which has an olive emblem, and Taybeh.
他说，两到三辆汽车突然到达，定居者下来大喊一些关于法国的听不懂的侮辱言辞。这位市长当时佩戴着法国三色旗的绶带，他说定居者踢了他，并用铁棒殴打他，把他摔倒在地。
He said that two to three cars suddenly arrived and settlers came out shouting incomprehensible insults about France. The mayor, who had put on a sash in the French tricolor, said that the settlers kicked him and beat him with iron bars, throwing him to the ground.
他说：“正是暴力的无端性让我震惊。” “他们完全是怀着愤怒到达的。定居者竟能如此行事，这简直令人难以置信。”他还说，尽管以色列迅速承诺展开调查，但他预测这次袭击将不受惩罚。他表示，是他的教区神父把他扶起来，随后他们匆忙上车离开。最终他没有受到严重伤害，能够继续他在该镇的访问。
"It's the gratuitous nature of the violence that stuns me," he said. "They arrived completely enraged. It's absolutely incredible that settlers can behave like this," he said, predicting the attack would go unpunished despite quick Israeli promises of an investigation. He said his parish priest helped him up and that they rushed off in car. He ultimately did not suffer serious injuries and was able to continue his visit to the town.
橄榄收获 由于以色列定居者试图用身体阻止巴勒斯坦人采摘庄稼，约旦河西岸出现了特别暴力的橄榄收获季节。周五，定居者在她报道收获时严重伤害了一位为《华盛顿邮报》工作的美国摄影师；上周，定居者又殴打了一位法新社摄影师。暴力发生在选举活动的最后几天，在此期间，总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡一直在为定居者站台，以争取他们在即将到来的选举中的支持。
Olive harvest The West Bank has seen an especially violent olive harvest season as Israeli settlers try to physically stop Palestinians from gathering their crops. On Friday, settlers seriously injured an American photographer for The Washington Post as she covered the harvest, and last week settlers beat up an AFP photographer. The violence comes during the final days of an election campaign in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has championed settlers as he seeks their support in the upcoming poll.
比利时外交部长周六以“最强烈的措辞”谴责了此次袭击，该袭击导致一辆比利时汽车受损。
Belgium's foreign minister on Saturday condemned "in the strongest terms" the attack, which left a Belgian car damaged.
“暴力定居者必须结束不受惩罚的状态，”比利时外交部长马克西姆·普雷沃在X平台上表示。“这种暴力与以色列的非法定居政策无法割裂。比利时谴责定居扩张以及试图强行将巴勒斯坦人驱逐出其土地的行为。”他还说，比利时总领事也在代表团成员之列。
"Impunity for violent settlers must end," Minister Maxime Prevot said on X. "This violence cannot be separated from Israel's illegal settlement policy. Belgium condemns settlement expansion and attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians from their land." He said the Belgian consul general was among those in the delegation.
以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的办公室周六称，这是一场针对定居者的“抹黑”行动，因为他试图对袭击的情况产生怀疑。
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Saturday alleged a "smear" campaign against settlers, as he tried to cast doubt over the circumstances of the attack.
“这些报道出现在人们对一场协调行动的担忧之中，该行动旨在以耸人听闻的标题抹黑以色列以及犹大和撒马利亚的犹太居民，等待事实全面澄清之前，”他的办公室在一份声明中表示，声明中使用了约旦河西岸的圣经名称。
"These reports come amid concerns about a coordinated campaign to smear Israel and the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria during the annual olive harvest, relying on sensational headlines before the full facts emerge," his office said in a statement, using the biblical name for the West Bank.