比利时驻耶路撒冷总领事范卡尔斯特周日表示，以色列占领者对在被占领的西岸国际代表团的袭击是一种“新的升级”，并称蒙面袭击者袭击了一名法国市长并损坏了一辆车。
Belgium’s consul general in Jerusalem on Sunday described the Israeli occupier attack on an international delegation in the occupied West Bank as a “new escalation,” saying masked assailants assaulted a French mayor and damaged a vehicle.
在接受比利时公共广播电台VRT NWS采访时，范卡尔斯特表示，该代表团加入了在泰贝赫采摘橄榄的巴勒斯坦农民的行列，以帮助阻止占领者的暴力行为。她说：“我们希望暴力定居者会因我们的外交存在而受到威慑。”
Speaking to Belgian public broadcaster VRT NWS, Anick Van Calster said the delegation joined Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in Taybeh to help deter occupier violence. “We hope that violent settlers will be deterred by our diplomatic presence,” she said.
该代表团包括比利时、法国和波兰外交官、法国市长伯纳德·博杜、康布雷大主教和一名当地神父。
The delegation included Belgian, French and Polish diplomats, French Mayor Bernard Baudoux, the archbishop of Cambrai and a local priest.
范卡尔斯特表示，该团队在听到占领者正在接近后朝着他们的车辆移动。她说：“我们是外交官，我们不寻求冲突。”根据她的描述，蒙面男子驾驶越野车到达，手持木棒和金属棒。
Van Calster said the group moved toward its vehicles after hearing occupiers were approaching. “We are diplomats and we do not seek confrontation,” she said. Masked men arrived in buggies carrying wooden and metal sticks, according to her account.
载着范卡尔斯特的车辆逃脱了，但法国北部城市奥卢瓦-埃梅里市长博杜在进入另一辆车之前被袭击并被摔倒在地。随后，占领者向离开的车辆投掷石块，砸碎了其后窗。
The vehicle carrying Van Calster escaped, but Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries in northern France, was attacked and thrown to the ground before entering another car. Occupiers then hurled stones at the departing vehicle, shattering its rear window.
她说：“袭击外交官是一种新的升级。” “暴力确实已经达到新的高度。” 范卡尔斯特表示，对袭击的恐惧正在阻止巴勒斯坦农民进入他们的土地，威胁着他们的生计。
“Attacking diplomats is a new escalation,” she said. “The violence has truly reached new heights.”Van Calster said fear of attacks was preventing Palestinian farmers from accessing their land, threatening their livelihoods.
VRT援引以色列报纸《哈雷茨》的报道称，以色列军队未能对反复的警告采取行动，这些警告包括袭击者的位置和视频画面。
VRT, citing Israeli newspaper Haaretz, reported that the Israeli military failed to act on repeated warnings that included the attackers’ location and video footage.
军方表示已启动调查，称所联系的热线并非面向平民，且此次访问本应事先协调。
The military launched an investigation, saying the hotline that was contacted was not intended for civilians and the visit should have been coordinated beforehand.
范卡尔斯特对此提出异议，表示根据奥斯陆协议，外交官无需为此类访问进行协调。
Van Calster disputed the latter assertion, saying diplomats were not required to coordinate such visits under the Oslo Accords.
比利时外交部长马克西姆·普雷沃表示，比利时将继续推动欧盟对占领者暴力行为的责任人及其支持者实施制裁。
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said Belgium would continue pressing for EU sanctions against those responsible for occupier violence and their supporters.
欧盟也谴责了这些袭击，并呼吁追究责任，采取措施防止对巴勒斯坦人和记者的进一步暴力。
The EU also condemned the attacks and called for accountability and measures to prevent further violence against Palestinians and journalists.