US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village, officials say

The United States is pressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn an ongoing siege imposed by extremist settlers on a Palestinian home in the West Bank village of Qusra, according to US and Israeli officials. Reuters reports that Washington’s concern increased after the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, denounced the besiegers as “Israeli terrorists.” Officials said Netanyahu has not commented publicly, and White House officials are urging him to do so as the standoff continues