Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post journalist in West Bank

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Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was hospitalized after Israeli settlers attacked her and a group of Palestinians during the annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. Video and witness accounts show masked settlers, some armed with clubs, hurling stones, surrounding Levine, throwing her to the ground and repeatedly beating her while ripping away her bag and cameras; Levine said the assault lasted about 10 minutes. Witness Jasper Nathaniel said settlers prepared on a hilltop, then charged down as Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at Palestinians; Nathaniel and young Palestinian men helped reach Levine as settlers also fired from the back of a pickup truck. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it treated a 63-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man beaten by settlers. Levine told CNN she suffered a broken rib, a broken vertebra and a severe finger injury that will require surgery; The Washington Post said she wore markings clearly identifying her as a journalist. The Washington Post called for a thorough investigation and some members of the U.S. Congress condemned the attack and urged inquiries into the assault on the veteran photojournalist.

Bill Grueskin

@bgrueskin.bsky.social

“Videos of the attack, verified by The Times, show that the photographer, Heidi Levine, 63, who was wearing body armor with large press tags, was trapped behind the settlers. They began to beat her with bats and sticks, kicking her as she was prostrate on the ground” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/w...

3557h ago

lovttcd.bsky.social8

I'm sure Bibi will see that justice is served.

High Sierra5

When will the press stop calling these people “settlers“ and call them what they really are : Terrorists.

Kirk Murphy2

Our Tax Dollars At Work: funding our noble allies for democracy in the Middle East.

Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise2

I mean, what's a virile young "settler" supposed to do when his gang gets a chance to rob and kick the shit out of a 63 yr old Jewish mom?

finstersghost.bsky.social2

sanction israel fly huckabee back to the u.s. close the embassy

Frankusz2

The déjà vu is so striking.

Quoting this

Blake Emerson5

I don’t know about these settler guys. Seems bad, maybe we should not let them do whatever they want forever

PBS News

@pbsnews.org

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank on Friday, setting fire to cars and trees and beating residents and a foreign journalist, in the latest violence to disrupt the territory's annual olive harvest this month. https://to.pbs.org/4jrLwZi

773h ago

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics11

They are not "settlers". They ARE Israeli terrorists. PLEASE GET IT RIGHT!

RobinLikeTheBird8

“Settlers” is a dangerous euphemism.

🐝 “Bee” 🐝7

I’m sorry. Can we please stop calling them “settlers” just b/c they’re Israeli’s who are bringing the violence. I don’t give a rats ass what nationality they are. People who do this are fucking terrorists, domestic or otherwise.

5thgenfljane.bsky.social7

And the IDF doesn’t appear to be defending the people who need defending. Not another penny for Israel.

Another GAY Steven5

Isreal has been committing genocide and America has been paying for it

Tam 🌎 🕊️3

"Israeli settlers" in this context makes as much sense as "Viking settlers." It's a bit more violent and brutal than that.

Philip N Cohen

@philipncohen.com

There are literally educated, respected Americans walking around describing Israel as a civilized democracy. Gift link. wapo.st/4B6E8Jb

106h ago

nickofsac.bsky.social

@nickofsac.bsky.social

This is why a majority of Americans have turned against Netanyahu. Israel needs to reimburse those Palestinians who have been attacked and needs to charge and prosecute those in the West Bank who have attacked, injured and/or murdered Palestinians. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/w...

33h ago

Jamie Dyer

@jamiedcville.bsky.social

Israelis beat up and robbed a Jewish journalist and Palestinians saved her. Palestinians saved a Jewish woman from being murdered by Jews. Israel is the problem. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

54h ago

Lola

@lolat42.bsky.social

‘“I don’t know how a parent can raise such a monster. They’re not even humans, and yes, they are Jewish terrorists,” Levine added. “And you know what? Sadly, none of them will be prosecuted. I am sure of it.”… edition.cnn.com/2026/10/16/m...

35h ago

Anita Woodruff

@anitaw1610.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... Palestinians suffer through this and much worse every single day. It's sickening.

27h ago

Raimo Kangasniemi

@rk70534.bsky.social

"A series of widespread attacks carried out by 'Israeli' settlers & military forces targeted Palestinian farmers & olive harvesters across the occupied West Bank, resulting in multiple injuries, detentions, crop thefts, & arson." m.youtube.com/shorts/Xdsw_... #Israel #News #Palestine #Zionism

7h ago

Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

West Bank settlers brutally attack a Washington Post journalist www.vox.com/today-explai...

33h ago

Amir Attaran

@amirattaran.bsky.social

She’s a journalist. Jews beat her badly. Palestinians took her to hospital. A one-state solution is looking better all the time, and it’s not called Israel.

34h ago

Geelan Mitchell Media

@victoriannews.com.au

Yes, in this AP wire reporting, we replaced the term (Israeli) 'settler violence' with the correct term 'Israeli terrorism'. 1/2🧵

42h ago

carpenter22.bsky.social

@carpenter22.bsky.social

Israeli settlers attack journalist. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/w...

26h ago

Tam 🌎 🕊️

@venicelover.bsky.social

"Israeli settlers" in this context makes as much sense as "Viking settlers." It's a bit more violent and brutal than that.

33h ago

papaesoco.bsky.social

@papaesoco.bsky.social

<i>Washington Post </i>Journalist Hospitalized After Israeli Settler Attack newrepublic.com/post/216728/... via @newrepublic.com

12h ago

Shameful and Evil Leopard on Parade

@leopardonparade.bsky.social

These Israeli “settlers” in the West Bank are not only there illegally according to international law, but are some of the biggest right-wing bigots in the country. They attack and kick Palestinians off their own land regularly. Now they’ve also assaulted a WaPo photographer.

14h ago

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