Sec. Rubio on Reporter Heidi Levine Being Attacked in the West Bank: We’re Very Disturbed by Those Images

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RUBIO: "I saw that we’re all the we’re very disturbed by those images of what we’re seeing. We’ve asked the Israelis and continue to ask them to crack down on that stuff that that the presents been very clear he’s done this repeatedly. He does not want to see friction or anything. Prices going on in the West Bank- and I understand that these are groups that are out there doing it and the presents been repeatedly clear when he said that he doesn’t want to see that doesn’t want to see a new spark. We saw the reports about what happened yesterday. I don’t have all the details. I’ll go up media reports. I know we have inquired with the embassy or supposed to get a cable back later today or tomorrow indicating exactly what they know about it. But from what I understand about media reports, didn’t look good. Was, an American reporter. Move the photo journalist who was caught behind some of these groups came in and was beaten than those with video that so. Thing was just disturbing that not a good look. Very, the president. With to lift sanctions against February. Yeah I understand, but he doesn’t want to see what’s happening now, lifting thanks and I that all your data is not mean he’s a supporter of what is being on television, but he’s reading about we’D like to get all the facts and learn a little bit more about it, but that that that’s one instance and it happen to involve a photojournalist. But there are other instances we heard complaints about. Now it’s is olive harvest season in and so traditionally that’s always been a time in which a lot of people come into those areas. So we’ve been watching that closely. We know that’s an issue there, that’s potentially an issue in Lebanon as well"