{"id":86632,"date":"2026-07-11T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/us-democrat-ro-khanna-says-he-was-detained-by-armed-israeli-settlers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:00:00","slug":"us-democrat-ro-khanna-says-he-was-detained-by-armed-israeli-settlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=86632","title":{"rendered":"US Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by armed Israeli settlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Upon their arrival, the troops dispersed the Israeli civilians and allowed the vehicles to continue on their way,&#8221; the IDF said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Khanna was visiting the ruins of Khirbet Zanuta, on a fact-finding visit to look at the impact of Israeli occupation of the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The politician, a father-of-two, is mulling over a presidential run in 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We were at a village that Israeli settlers had destroyed, they had destroyed the school, they had destroyed that village, and we were just looking at it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;And these hoodlums come in with machine guns \u2013 M4, an American-made machine gun \u2013 and they detain us. They block off the road. And then they call the IDF and \u200bthe IDF is on their side, not on the side of the Americans,&#8221; Khanna said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While they were detained, an aide who was with Khanna said they made appeals to the US Embassy in Jerusalem for help, and were released after a group of police officers intervened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem &#8211; land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for a hoped-for future state &#8211; during the 1967 Middle East war. 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