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Rob Pegoraro
@robpegoraro.com

If militant, masked Israeli settlers in the West Bank will jump on a photographer wearing a vest marked "PRESS" on the front and back and attack her with sticks while other journalists are watching... it doesn't take much to imagine how they treat Palestinians when the press are away, does it?

washingtonpost.comIsraeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West BankThe settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.
Rob Pegoraro
@robpegoraro.com

Also in this report: Israeli Defense Forces solders showed up shortly before this attack on longtime Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine and responded to the situation by firing tear gas at Palestinians who had been attempting to get in their annual olive harvest.

Rob Pegoraro
@robpegoraro.com

The Times of Israel also covered this, and its report includes video posted on X and this quote from their interview of Levine in a hospital bed in Ramallah: "Luckily I had my flak jacket and helmet, otherwise I probably wouldn’t even be here, because they just kept kicking me and kicking me.”

timesofisrael.comSettlers beat Palestinians, US journalist in West Bank attacks: ‘They kept kicking me and kicking me’Heidi Levine says she was saved by flak jacket, helmet in Abu Falah attack; olive trees and vehicles set on fire near Turmus Ayya; 70-year-old attacked near Birzeit

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