{"id":2628877,"date":"2026-07-12T13:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T17:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-blames-juvenile-delinquents-for-blocking-khanna-on-west-bank-visit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T17:28:40","slug":"netanyahu-blames-juvenile-delinquents-for-blocking-khanna-on-west-bank-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-blames-juvenile-delinquents-for-blocking-khanna-on-west-bank-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu blames &#8216;juvenile delinquents&#8217; for blocking Khanna on West Bank visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-blames-juvenile-delinquents-for-blocking-khanna-on-west-bank-visit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2628877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-hollywood-destroyed-director-michael-cimino\/\" title=\"How Hollywood Destroyed Director Michael Cimino\">juvenile delinquents<\/a>&#8221; of harassing and stopping Rep. Ro Khanna&#8217;s delegation in the West Bank, with Khanna describing being detained by settlers armed with American-made M4 rifles, and the IDF allegedly siding with the settlers. Netanyahu dismissed Khanna&#8217;s account on NBC&#8217;s Meet the Press, attributing the incident to unruly youths not representative of the settler community, and emphasized that Israel is a country of law and order handling such situations through courts. He also highlighted the dangers faced by settlers from terrorist attacks. Khanna countered, asserting the IDF was lying and describing the detention as violent and threatening, with settlers mocking and videotaping them. Khanna demanded investigations into settlers connected to known violent figures like Yinon Levy and called for accountability from the IDF officers involved. The incident has raised tensions over law enforcement and settler conduct in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israeli<\/a> Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed \u201cjuvenile delinquents\u201d for stopping and harassing Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ro-khanna\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5039\">Ro Khanna\u2019s<\/a> (D-CA) delegation in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Saturday post on X, Khanna said that while visiting the West Bank, he was stopped and detained by \u201cIsraeli\u00a0settlers, brandishing American-made M4s.\u201d He said that when the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/idf\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1769\">Israel Defense Forces<\/a> arrived at the scene, \u201cthey sided with the settlers &#038; continued our detention.\u201d Netanyahu disputed the telling of events in a Sunday appearance on NBC News\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, putting the blame on young troublemakers who weren\u2019t representative of the settler community.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4645087\/israel-settler-detain-ro-khanna\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Israeli settlers detain Ro Khanna in West Bank<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4642113\/trump-reconciliation-push-iran-ceasefire-collapse\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran ceasefire collapse reshapes Trump\u2019s Reconciliation 3.0 push<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4638795\/abe-hamadeh-impeachment-articles-biden-judge-sparkle-sooknanan\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Abe Hamadeh begins drafting impeachment articles against Biden judge who blocked voter database<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re a country of laws, and people who break the law, we take them to court,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then shifted to describing the dangers to settlers in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the West Bank, in Judea and Samaria, we\u2019ve had thousands, thousands of attempted attacks and warnings against terrorist activities, against innocent Israelis, families, mothers with their children driving along the road, they\u2019re stopped by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"103\">terrorists<\/a>, and they kill them. And this has happened again and again and again,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a vigilante effort, not by the settler community \u2014 they\u2019re 99.9% law-abiding citizens, they work, they serve in the army, and so on. There are 150 juvenile delinquents that are not part of that community. They come from the other parts of Israel. \u2026 I don\u2019t want vigilantes of any kind, and we are working to put them under the law,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna rejected the Israeli government\u2019s characterization of events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe IDF is lying,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat happened was unprecedented. They had violent settlers detain American citizens, including an American government official. You had these settlers brandishing M4s, kicking the tires of our van, laughing at us, mocking us, videotaping us. We were detained for about 20 minutes, fearful of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netanyahu appeared on the show before Khanna, giving the California Democrat a chance to directly respond.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow I heard the prime minister, and here he says that Israel is a country of law and order. Well, let me be very specific: The prime minister needs to open an investigation on these violent settlers who are connected to Yinon Levy, who has destroyed Zenuda\u2019s village and is a known person who has killed Palestinians. And these settlers were connected to him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4645087\/israel-settler-detain-ro-khanna\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4645087\/israel-settler-detain-ro-khanna\/\">ISRAELI SETTLERS DETAIN RO KHANNA IN WEST BANK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna demanded that everyone connected to Levy be prosecuted and for an investigation to be opened into the four IDF officers who allegedly sided with the settlers against Khanna and his delegation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSecurity cameras can see that they were involved in the detention of American citizens. How dare they mistreat people with an American passport that way?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netanyahu blames &#8220;juvenile delinquents&#8221; for West Bank incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2628878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26166663676884.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4671,12748,6524,40331],"class_list":["post-2628877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-israel","tag-khanna","tag-netanyahu","tag-west-bank"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26166663676884.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628881,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628877\/revisions\/2628881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}