Israeli settlers beat Washington Post photographer during West Bank olive harvest attacks
Israeli settlers attack olive framers & Washington Post journalist in West Bank
Masked Israeli settlers armed with clubs and slingshots attacked Palestinians harvesting olives across eight West Bank villages on Friday, injuring at least 20 people and burning cars and trees. Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine was beaten for more than 10 minutes and robbed of her passport, phone and equipment; her Palestinian colleagues pulled her free. Yesh Din counts at least 170 settler attacks since late September, as new Israeli rules bar Palestinians from harvesting in much of Area C.
I was attacked, pushed to the ground. Luckily, I had my flak jacket and helmet, otherwise I probably wouldn't even be here, because they just kept kicking and kicking me.
- collabs
> In the town of Abu Falah, near Ramallah, at least 80 settlers, some of whom were carrying firearms or clubs, gathered to stop Palestinians from harvesting their olives, using slingshots to hurl rocks at the farmers in view of Israeli military vehicles. When some of the Palestinians then picked up rocks to defend themselves, the Israeli military fired teargas in their direction.
This has become beyond ridiculous.
I have personally gone from full support for Israel
to now not even supporting Israel's right to exist.
And I can't be the only one.
I feel sorry for the (clearly increasingly rare) "normal" people of Israel
but they will soon need to move out of Israel to not be bundled in with the crazies.
- oliwarner
What's also bad about all this is that journos were told to be here by the "settlers". Big international news didn't wake up that day and all decide to go to the same place, they were invited.
The settlers know what they're doing and know how it looks internationally. While the IDF, government of Israel, and the Israelis who vote for it all vote for this, they consider themselves bulletproof. They're bragging as they ruin these Palestinians' lives.
Just like Iran, this is extremism that has to be fixed internally at a very low level, but it also looks like they're just getting started. I'd make historical comparisons but I don't need to. As standalone events, these are bad enough to require action.
- grey-area
This is a pattern for Israel. Settlers attack, harass and kill Palestinians with impunity and have done for decades. It’s wrong.
- bozdemir
Flying cars, Super Duper Intelligence, AGI and yet we can't even stop these, we can't even have peace on earth, we can't avoid conflicts. What good these technological advances are if we can't prevent ourselves being violent apes?
- thefz
Clearly defending themselves from Hamas.