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California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
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California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
A congressman says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the West Bank. California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was visiting a Palestinian village tha...
Khanna said Israeli soldiers also detained his staff, but an Israeli military spokesperson said the soldiers were there to disperse civilians.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
California Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the occupied West Bank in the Middle East.
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In an interview, Khanna recounts the fear at being detained and says anyone who visits the West Bank “would conclude that it is apartheid.”
Rep. Ro Khanna said armed Israeli settlers blocked and detained his delegation for more than an hour during a visit to the West Bank. He called the incident "lawless" and "unacceptable."
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said on Saturday he was detained for over an hour in the West Bank earlier this week by Israeli settlers and that the detention continued with Israeli Defense Forc...
A representative for Khanna, a California Democrat who is an outspoken progressive, said the confrontation occurred Wednesday in the middle of a three-day tour of the West Bank.
CNN described its team being blocked by settlers armed with wooden and metal rods and stones.
Rep. Ro Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers during his Wednesday trip to the West Bank.
The CNN crew was in Sinjil covering the one-year anniversary of Saif Musallet's death, a Palestinian-American killed by Israeli settlers in July 2025.
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna said Saturday that he was detained by Israeli settlers “brandishing American-made M4s” while visiting the West Bank this week. “When the IDF arrived, they sided with the...
“Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s, detained me & other Americans on my trip to Palestine,” Khanna wrote in a social media post.
A congressman says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the West Bank.
US Rep Ro Khanna speaks out about being harassed by Israeli settlers
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said on Saturday he was detained for over an hour in the West Bank earlier this week by Israeli settlers and that the detention continued with Israeli Defense Forc...
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Saturday suggested he was unlawfully detained in the West Bank, warning, “they made a huge mistake.” Khanna said in a post to X that he made a “trip to Palestine,”...
Representative Ro Khanna was barred from leaving for 90 minutes. Where past U.S. leaders toured the region to show support for Israel, today’s Democratic presidential aspirants are going to...
Khanna is the second Democrat considering a White House bid to visit the region this week.
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Now: Wording Gap is 96/99 and story health is stable · 36 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.