Palestinians and US journalist attacked in West Bank pogrom

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, on Friday, throwing stones, using slingshots and setting olive trees ablaze. Heidi Levine, a 64-year-old American photojournalist working for The Washington Post, was beaten after falling to the ground and taken to hospital. A witness also reported that an Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man in the thigh. The attack was part of a series of assaults on Palestinian communities and olive harvests in the occupied West Bank.