Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, and other Middle East developments
At least 170 settler attacks have been recorded since Sept. 27, according to Yesh Din, as violence during the olive harvest intensifies.
- On Friday, Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was hospitalized after being beaten by settlers in the West Bank village of Abu Falah while documenting the Palestinian olive harvest near Ramallah.
- According to Reuters, around 80 settlers moved into olive groves on Friday, burning trees and hurling rocks at villagers as the attack disrupted the annual harvest.
- Video captures settlers surrounding Levine, throwing her to the ground, and robbing her of equipment; bloodied and bandaged, she replied: Im going to die.
- Palestinian colleagues intervened to secure Levine's transfer to a hospital in Ramallah, where she remains in stable condition; Palestinians also claimed IDF forces fired tear gas and live ammunition during the violence.
- Earlier this month, Levine co-bylined a report on an AFP photographer beaten by settlers while covering the same olive harvest, continuing her extensive West Bank documentation of settlement expansion and attacks.
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Heidi Levine, who has been working in the Middle East for decades, covered the olive harvest near the villages of Turmus Ayya and Khirbet Abu Falah when she was attacked.
Settlers attacked olive pickers and journalists in the village of Abu Falah on Friday – a village that has been attacked several times in recent weeks. At least six people were injured and olive groves were set on fire in the village, which is located in the occupied West Bank. “I can’t run, I’m going to die,” an American photographer shouts.
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Two Americans were “severely” beaten Thursday and Friday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and outrage poured in as U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee remained silent on the matter.Heidi Levine, a veteran journalist and photographer for The Washington Post, was “severely” beaten Friday, the Post reported, while “wearing a protective vest clearly marked PRESS on front and back.” She was “kicked repeatedly” after being knocked to the ground,…
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