TaybehSettlers beat French mayor Bernard Baudoux, 78, with iron bars.
Baudoux says the attack shows the Israeli government tolerates settler violence.
Witnesses say masked men in off-road vehicles surrounded a diplomatic car and smashed a window while Palestinians tried to pick olives.
Israel’s military says the visit was not coordinated and no soldiers were present.
Israeli police have opened an investigation, but Baudoux expects no one to be punished.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide
- TRT World leans critical
- frames the attack as Israeli government tolerance of settler violence, quoting Baudoux's claim that it was unpunished
- Deutsche Welle leans critical
- notes the Israeli military said the visit was uncoordinated and no soldiers were present, and that settlers blocked olive picking
- Middle East Eye leans critical
- quotes Baudoux on the 'gratuitous' violence and that the attack would go unpunished, and his French-flag sash
Sources: TRT World, Deutsche Welle, Middle East Eye