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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, and other Middle East developments
At least 170 attacks have been reported since Sept. 27, according to Yesh Din, as settlers burned trees, cars and injured Palestinians.
- On Friday, 80 masked settlers attacked Palestinian olive pickers in Abu Falah, burning trees and hurling rocks; the assault injured at least two people, including Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine.
- Israeli settler violence has surged since the annual olive harvest began September 27, with Yesh Din, an Israeli settlements monitoring group, documenting at least 170 attacks against Palestinians across the West Bank.
- Separately, settlers attacked farmers in Turmus Ayya on Friday, burning three vehicles and assaulting individuals. Witness Salah Abu Niswa said the attackers "snuck up like thieves, they caught someone by himself and began to beat him."
- Israeli military jeeps entered the Abu Falah area during the attack, firing tear gas at villagers. Farmer Moutaz Abdelhadi, 42, said, "The settlers want to attack us and force us from our homes."
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has overseen rapid settlement expansion, though he has criticized the violence. Most countries and UN bodies deem the settlements illegal under international law, with the West Bank home to 500,000 settlers and at least 3 million Palestinians.
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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, burning olive trees and throwing stones at villagers during the annual harvest, in an assault that injured at least two people, including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post. Around 80 masked settlers, some carrying gas canisters, descended on a terraced olive grove […]
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