Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during West Bank olive harvest and beat U.S. photojournalist
Also reported by CBS News
Summary
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the West Bank during the olive harvest, setting fires and beating people including a U.S. photojournalist. Local officials reported violence in several villages, and rights groups say Israeli security forces have often failed to stop or punish the attackers.Key Facts
- Attacks took place in at least eight Palestinian villages in the northern West Bank during the olive harvest season.
- Israeli settlers set fire to cars and trees and physically assaulted residents and a foreign photojournalist.
- Heidi Levine, a Washington Post photographer, was beaten and hospitalized after being assaulted by masked settlers.
- The West Bank has about 3 million Palestinians and over 500,000 Israeli settlers, and has been under Israeli military control since 1967.
- The number of settler attacks has increased sharply this year, especially before Israel’s Oct. 27 elections.
- Rights groups and some governments accuse Israel of allowing or even assisting settlers in these attacks.
- Israeli military condemned the violence and reported that soldiers fired live ammunition at an unarmed Palestinian village council member.
- The U.S. State Department condemned violence in the West Bank and offered support to the injured journalist.
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