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Israeli police released a video they say shows the arrest of 10 suspects over weekend settler violence.
Israeli police detained 10 suspects following a weekend of settler violence in the occupied West Bank during the Palestinian olive harvest, including attacks on US photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats. The BBC reported masked settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives amid a surge in such incidents. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the arrests "a very positive development". Police did not identify the suspects or specify their roles.
BBC News – World Israeli police released a video they say shows the arrest of 10 suspects over weekend settler violence.
BBC News – World The BBC sees masked settlers attack Palestinians trying to harvest olives, amid a surge in similar incidents.
Israeli police released a video they say shows the arrest of 10 suspects over weekend settler violence.
Move comes after US photojournalist and group of European diplomats and Palestinians were assaulted in separate attacks Israeli police have detained 10 people in a rare raid against settlers, after a weekend of extreme violence in the occupied West Bank including an attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine , which she described as an “attempted lynching”. She was knocked down, kicked and beaten by a group of masked…
Israeli police did not identify the suspects or specify their roles in the attacks, which came during a spike in settler violence during the annual Palestinian olive harvest season.
NYTimes – World Israel has faced pressure, including from the United States, to investigate the attacks. Rights groups say most inquiries into extremist assaults on Palestinians go nowhere.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on X that the arrests were 'a very positive development'.
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank step up their attacks, targeting European diplomats this time.
Israeli police made the arrests following attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank. Israeli human rights group Yesh Din has reported at least 170 settler attacks since September 27.
Sky News – World Eight suspects have been arrested in connection with recent violence in the West Bank including attacks on an American photojournalist and European diplomats, Israeli police have said.
Israeli settlers attacked an EU delegation in the occupied West Bank while it was visiting olive harvesters near Taybeh.
The attack on Heidi Levine and Palestinians during the sensitive olive harvest again highlights the rampant settler violence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed on a small number of troublemakers.
NYTimes – World Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has downplayed accounts of recent extremist attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank amid the annual olive harvest.
Bernard Baudoux, Mayor of the French town of Aulnoye-Aymeries, says masked settlers attacked him in occupied West Bank.
EU demands accountability after settlers attack European diplomats amid violence against Palestinian olive farmers.
Settler pogroms have escalated, coinciding with the annual olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank.
Fires reported on three tankers, as masked settlers attack European politicians in the occupied West Bank.
NYTimes – World Extremists assaulted residents and broke a European diplomatic vehicle’s window, witnesses said, as settler violence surges in the territory during the olive harvest.
French mayor and archbishop also attacked during violent attempt to stop Palestinians harvesting olives Israeli settler militants have attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and the archbishop of Cambrai in Taybeh, in the occupied West Bank, injuring three people and damaging a car, in the latest violent attempt to prevent Palestinians from harvesting olives on their own land. Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-…
Sky News – World Israeli settlers have allegedly attacked Palestinian civilians, European diplomats and a French mayor in the West Bank, sparking international condemnation.
After Israeli settlers beat and severely wounded Palestinian farmers, settler violence continues.
Belgian foreign minister urges further EU sanctions and links attack to Israel’s ‘illegal settlement policy’ Masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium’s foreign minister said, on a second day of high-profile assaults on Palestinians and others during the sensitive olive harvest. At least four people have been killed and more than 100 injured…
A group of Israeli settlers attacked vehicles carrying European diplomats in the West Bank. Belgium has condemned the attack.
A group of Israeli settlers attacked vehicles carrying European diplomats in the West Bank. Belgium has condemned the attack.
In Saturday's attack in the village of Taybeh, settlers targeted Belgium's consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said.
Four Palestinian women and a child are among those injured in separate ongoing Israeli assaults and pogroms.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank on Friday, setting fire to cars and trees and beating residents and a Washington Post photographer, in the latest violence to disrupt the territory's annual olive harvest this month.
Washington Post freelance photographer Heidi Levine was attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Levine speaks with NPR's Scott Detrow about the attack.
Washington Post journalist Heidi Levine said she was beaten by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Reporters Without Borders slammed the attack as "brazen violence."
NYTimes – World In the latest surge of violence, settlers targeted Palestinians during the olive harvest, a cultural touchstone and economic lifeline in the Israeli-occupied area.
NPR – World Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians as they were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring several people including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post .
About 80 Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees and threw stones at Palestinians in a West Bank village Friday, injuring at least two people, including a US photojournalist with The Washington Post. The coordinated attack came as violence by settlers is on the rise during the olive harvest in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Settlers hurl rocks at Palestinians and beat photographer Heidi Levine as part of yearly attacks to disrupt harvest Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in a coordinated movement to disrupt the annual olive harvest, burning cars and trees and injuring Palestinians and a Washington Post photographer. Masked settlers wielding clubs and other weapons attacked people attempting to ha…
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and severely beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine.
At least two people, including Washington Post journalist, injured as settlers armed with clubs and guns attack.
Sky News – World Jordanian authorities arrested three men after a deadly attack on a church. The assault occurred during a funeral procession in the western village of Hammoud and killed nine people, according to the newest report; an earlier account put the death toll at eight. The suspects were wounded in a dawn shootout with security forces. Jordan's director of public security described the assailants as Islamic extremists, but no group has been named.
NYTimes – World Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat after a student-led protest movement won a parliamentary majority in Serbia's elections, ending roughly 14 years of his dominance. The opposition Student List is projected to secure a majority following nearly two years of protests. Vučić, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and denounced the movement as foreign-led, acknowledged the loss in an early speech.
BBC News – World Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected to a fourth term in a tight runoff against right-wing challenger Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, official results showed. Lula won 51.7% of the vote to Bolsonaro's 48.2%. Bolsonaro refused to concede and said he would seek to have the vote annulled, following an evening of chaos at some polling places after voting was extended by two hours.
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