US journalist injured during Israeli settler attack on West Bank olive harvest
Dozens of masked settlers burned olive groves and beat a Washington Post photographer, while the UN says more than 170 attacks have been recorded since late September.
- On Friday, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank village of Abu Falah during an annual olive harvest, beating her and stealing her equipment.
- Clad in black and masked, some 80 settlers descended from a hilltop to burn olive trees and throw rocks at Palestinian villagers, injuring at least two people including Levine, Reuters witnesses reported.
- Wearing a vest clearly marked "PRESS," Levine said she was "brutally attacked" and kicked repeatedly before colleagues and medical staff evacuated her from the scene, hospitalizing her in stable condition.
- Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray condemned the "unwarranted attack" and demanded a thorough investigation, while the Israel Defense Forces stated they would examine all incident details and work to eradicate such violence.
- According to Yesh Din, an Israeli settlements monitoring group, the violence marks escalation with at least 170 attacks reported since September 27 at the start of the annual olive harvest in the West Bank.
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Photojournalist Heidi Levine would be filmed, reports The Times of Israel, while she was being beaten during a violent clash between settlers and Palestinians (ANSA)
CAIR Condemns Israeli Settler Attack on Washington Post Reporter and Palestinian Farmers in Occupied West Bank
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the assault by illegal Israeli settlers on Palestinian farmers and Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine in the illegally-occupied West Bank village of Abu Falah. SEE: Palestinians and Washington Post photographer attacked in West Bank – The Washington Post […]
About 80 settlers - some with firearms or batons - gathered in the town of Abu Falah, near Ramallah, to prevent Palestinians from gathering.
Dressed in black and covered faces, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw stones at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on Friday (16) during the annual olive harvest in a village in the West Bank, leaving at least two people wounded, including a journalist.
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