Attack on European delegation

Israeli settlers attacked a group of European diplomats, French clerics and Bernard Baudoux, the mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries in northern France, in the occupied West Bank after they harvested olives with Palestinians.

Netanyahu questions the account

Hours after the attack, Benjamin Netanyahu's office dismissed video evidence showing Baudoux on the ground in pain, smashed car windows and masked men threatening diplomats with sticks as unproven allegations.

“Serious accusations require serious evidence”

Prime minister casts doubt on witnesses

Netanyahu's team questioned the integrity of senior French, Belgian and Polish diplomats and Catholic clergy who witnessed and reported the attack, warning of concerns about a coordinated campaign to smear Israel.

Guardian filmed the moments before

The Guardian was in Taybeh and filmed masked militants speeding up a hill to attack the group.

Twenty-two seconds to violence

Metadata from Guardian video shows just twenty-two seconds between the last shot of Baudoux remonstrating with attackers and footage of him slumped on the ground taken by activists in a second car.

Attackers targeted him for nationality

One attacker aggressively shouted France, France before pushing Baudoux to the ground. He was apparently targeted because he was wearing his mayor's sash of office, eyewitnesses said.

“France, France”

Window smashed as car fled

The attack continued as the vehicle drove away.Settlers' blows smashed one of the reinforced windows at the back of the car.

Former diplomats protest in Jerusalem

On Sunday, more than a dozen of Israel's top former diplomats gathered outside the foreign ministry for an unprecedented protest.

“Stop Jewish Terrorism. It's in your hands”