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Israel and U.S. officials are disputing Rep. Ro Khanna\u2019s account of being detained by Israeli settlers during his trip to the West Bank last week.<\/p>\n

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The California Democrat said Saturday that the U.S. Embassy and Israeli government were aware of his trip ahead of time \u2014 a detail that U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter refuted.<\/p>\n

Mr. Huckabee said Wednesday, \u201cWe did NOT know a member of Congress was coming\u201d and added on social media,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe left-wing activist who set up this stunt says \u2018The embassy is involved.\u2019 That is NOT TRUE. We would have said don\u2019t go to restricted zone. As FACTS come out, it\u2019s not helping the desired narrative. Not \u2018held at gunpoint.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Leiter said Monday on SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cCuomo Mornings\u201d that \u201cno guns were pointed at him,\u201d adding, \u201cIt\u2019s a characterization far beyond what actually took place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Khanna said that while he was touring the West Bank in a van, armed Israeli settlers surrounded his people and detained them. His detention came after visiting a Palestinian village called Khirbet Zanuta in the southern West Bank.<\/p>\n

In a Sunday interview with NBC News\u2019 \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d Mr. Khanna said the Israeli military is \u201clying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened was unprecedented,\u201d he said. \u201cThey 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 at us, videotaping us. We were detained for about 20 minutes, fearful of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After Mr. Khanna\u2019s team contacted the U.S. Embassy and waited for Israel Defense Forces to arrive, the soldiers sided with the settlers and moved a car to block the road, the congressman said.<\/p>\n

The IDF said in a statement that it arrived quickly, dispersed the Israeli civilians and reopened the road, but its soldiers \u201cdid not take part in blocking the road.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Khanna and his team were eventually released after communication between the U.S. Embassy and a high-level Israeli official.<\/p>\n

He called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to open an investigation into \u201cthese violent settlers who are connected to Yinon Levi,\u201d referring to the settler charged in February with the fatal shooting of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow dare they mistreat people with an American passport that way?\u201d Mr. Khanna added.<\/p>\n

Mr. Netanyahu said on \u201cMeet the Press\u201d that he does not want \u201cvigilantes of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we are working to put them under the law. But I think if we put things in perspective, we should see that we have thousands of attacks,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd some, few, but obvious breaking of the law, then we apply the full measure of the law against them. Israel, unlike our neighbors, is a democracy and a country of laws, and we act against those who break the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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