Jerusalem Daily: Israeli settlers attack farmers and journalists

After beating and severely wounding a Washington Post journalist and several Palestinian farmers yesterday, Israeli settlers killed 20 goats belonging to local farmers. Settlers from the hilltop youth group have been wreaking havoc on this year's olive harvest. Here are some of the latest developments from inside Palestine and Israel. This is Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine. After Israeli settlers violently beat her and stole her belongings, including her camera and a phone. She was attacked whilst wearing a vest and helmet clearly marked as pressed. She was left with a broken rib, four broken vertebrae, a near-severed finger and multiple potential stab wounds. She was simply reporting on settlers raiding and burning Palestinian olive groves in the village of Abu Falah in the occupied West Bank. at least 50 masked men. I was attacked, pushed to the ground. Luckily, I had my flight jacket and my helmet. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't even be here because they just kept kicking me and kicking me like probably 50 times. Palestinian farmers, journalists and volunteers gathered at the scene to try and protect one another from settler attacks. However, under the protection of the Israeli army, the settlers were able to reach the olive groves and journalists, carrying out their attacks until Palestinians had to intervene to stop them. The Israeli prime minister's office issued a statement saying the situation remained unclear and that an investigation was being opened, despite the facts being laid out by those who were at the scene and by the Washington Post itself. Photojournalist Heidi Levine said she already knows the outcome of these scenarios. You know what, sadly, none of them will be prosecuted, I am sure of it. In fact, journalist and activist Andre X, who was at the scene, said Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at Palestinians and did absolutely nothing about the settlers. So ashamed that as a parent myself, I cannot understand how a parent can raise such individual monsters. They're not even humans and yes, they are Jewish terrorists and they are giving everyone in the country a horrible reputation." But the settlers didn't stop there. Early on Saturday morning, disturbing videos began to emerge of 20 goats scattered across the ground of a Palestinian farm in the town of Kafr Malik. Settlers from the Hilltop Youth Group descended on the farmland and killed the 20 goats, which belonged to the Darbani family. Kafr Malik sits north-east of Ramallah, near several other towns such as Jaloud, Tormos Aya and Abu Falah, which have all seen increasingly violent Israeli settler attacks in recent months.