Israeli settlers flank Palestinian cafe with dozens of Israeli flags

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Israeli settlers planted dozens of Israeli flags beside a Palestinian cafe in Luban al-Sharqiya in the occupied West Bank, partially obscuring it. The cafe’s owner described the act as intimidation amid tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers.

LUBAN AL-SHARQIYA, West Bank, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Israeli settlers have planted dozens of Israeli flags at the entrance of a streetside Palestinian cafe in the occupied West Bank, obscuring it from one side in what its owner described as a blatant act of intimidation. The coffee shop in the small village of Luban al-Sharqiya sits along the West Bank's main north-south traffic artery, used by both Palestinians and the approximately 500,000 Israeli settlers who live in the territory.