Israeli police arrest 10 after settler attacks on Palestinians and a Washington Post photojournalist
Summary
Dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on an occupied West Bank village's annual harvest that injured at least two people including a journalist, NBC News reported on Friday 16 October, and The Philadelphia Inquirer said veteran photojournalist Heidi Levine, the Washington Post photographer attacked by the settlers, was treated at hospitals in Ramallah and Israel for lacerations and a broken rib and will need surgery on one hand. Settlers targeted Palestinians during the olive harvest, a cultural touchstone and economic lifeline in the Israeli-occupied area, The NY Times reported, and PBS NewsHour said settlers attacked Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank, setting fire to cars and trees and beating residents and the photographer. On Sunday 18 October, the U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned the attack, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, CBS News saying Huckabee, the ambassador, called for the prosecution of those involved, and Levine is angry that Israel's military seems to protect settlers more than those under threat, the Inquirer, the LA Times and ABC News reported. On Monday 19 October, The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS NewsHour and the LA Times reported that Israeli police had arrested 10 people after the beating of the Washington Post photographer and an alleged assault on European diplomats, and CBS News reported that the U.S. lauded Israel for the arrests.
Latest: Israeli police arrested 10 people following the weekend attacks by settlers on a journalist and diplomats, without identifying the suspects or specifying their roles, PBS NewsHour and the LA Times reported, The Philadelphia Inquirer saying the arrests followed the beating of the Washington Post photographer and an alleged assault on European diplomats, Israeli authorities said, and CBS News reporting that the U.S. lauded Israel for the arrests.
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How it unfolded
Monday 19 October
Israeli police arrested 10 people following the weekend attacks by settlers on a journalist and diplomats, without identifying the suspects or specifying their roles, PBS NewsHour and the LA Times reported, The Philadelphia Inquirer saying the arrests followed the beating of the Washington Post photographer and an alleged assault on European diplomats, Israeli authorities said, and CBS News reporting that the U.S. lauded Israel for the arrests.
- 14:48The Philadelphia InquirerIsraeli police arrest 10 in connection with West Bank assaults
- 11:31LA TimesIsraeli police arrest 10 following weekend attacks by settlers on journalist and diplomats
- 10:39PBS NewsHourIsraeli police arrest 10 following weekend attacks by West Bank settlers on journalist and diplomats
- 09:56CBS NewsU.S. lauds Israel for arresting 10 over West Bank settler attacks
- 05:44NBC NewsIsraeli police arrest 10 after series of West Bank settler attacks
- 04:15The Philadelphia InquirerIsraeli police arrest 10 following weekend attacks by settlers on journalist and diplomats
Sunday 18 October
The U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned the settler attack that left an American journalist badly beaten in the West Bank, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, CBS News saying Huckabee, the ambassador, called for the prosecution of those involved, and Heidi Levine, the Washington Post photographer, feels insulted by Netanyahu and is angry that Israel's military seems to protect settlers more than those under threat, the Inquirer, the LA Times and ABC News reported, the Inquirer quoting Levine from the hospital: 'They cracked my bones, they haven't cracked my spirit.'
- 14:09ABC NewsPhotographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu
- 13:18LA TimesPhotographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu
- 13:13PBS NewsHourPhotographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu
- 12:00The Philadelphia InquirerPhotographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu
- 09:13CBS NewsHuckabee calls for prosecution of journalist's West Bank attackers
- 04:46The Philadelphia InquirerUS ambassador to Israel condemns settler attack on US journalist, and other Mideast news
Friday 16 October
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and a Washington Post journalist in the West Bank, The NY Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, NBC News saying dozens of settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on a village's annual harvest that injured at least two people including a journalist.
- 19:46PBS NewsHourIsraeli settlers attack Palestinians during West Bank olive harvest and beat U.S. photojournalist
- 18:55NBC NewsIsraeli settlers attack American journalist in West Bank
- 16:29The Philadelphia InquirerIsraeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank
- 14:37The NY TimesIsraeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Washington Post Journalist in West Bank
- 11:33NBC NewsIsraeli settlers burn olive trees, injure journalist in West Bank attack