Would They Invite Me into Their Car?

A consulate spokesman said three diplomats had been being shown around Hebron by a former Israeli soldier now working for a peace group, Breaking the Silence.

See here as well. (*)

This was an unfortunate incident, unhelpful, silly and plain not nice. And, if they wanted to be 'even-handed', they could have then invited themselves to be taken around by the Hebron Jewish residents.

But I wonder, with that anti-settler group representative in the car, would the Brits invite me into their car - or is it only Ambassadors' homes that are banned to me?

Puzzled? See this.


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The diplomats, who were traveling in an armoured car, were trying to leave the city through the large settlement of Kiryat Arba, close to the city centre, when a settler’s car pulled in front of them, blocking their way, a British diplomatic source told The Times.

A “well known settler trouble-maker” then jumped out and started kicking the vehicle, the source said. The British diplomats reversed and tried to leave the scene, but the settler jumped in his car and again pulled in front of them and started thumping and kicking the vehicle. Another group of settlers refused to open the gates to Kiryat Arba to prevent the British vehicle from entering.

The British diplomats called the Israeli police, at which point the settler accused them of trying to run him over and called an ambulance, the British source said.

Nobody was injured, but the diplomat said: “We do regard it as a serious incident.”