Person

Heidi Levine

1. Israeli police detain 10 settlers after attacks on US photojournalist and European diplomats

   Israeli police detained about 10 people in a rare action against West Bank settlers after weekend violence. US photojournalist Heidi Levine said she was knocked down and kicked by masked men while covering the olive harvest near Ramallah on Friday, calling it almost a lynching; doctors said four vertebrae and a rib were fractured and a finger needed surgery. The next day settlers with sticks and iron bars attacked European diplomats and Palestinian olive pickers outside Taybeh, assaulting a French mayor and smashing an official car window. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the Levine attack 'alleged' and the diplomats' account 'unproven'; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ambassador Mike Huckabee were among those who criticised the violence.

   Oct 20, 2026 Afternoon