Israeli settlers attack American journalist and Palestinians during olive harvest in West Bank

Channel: CBS News

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[0:00] An American photojournalist has been

[0:01] hospitalized after getting caught in the

[0:03] middle of clashes between Palestinians

[0:05] and Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

[0:07] CBS News senior reporter Dove Liieber

[0:09] has more from northern Israel.

[0:11] >> Several Palestinians and an American

[0:13] photojournalist were injured today

[0:17] >> when they came under attack by a group

[0:19] of masked Israeli settlers.

[0:22] The incident occurred in the Palestinian

[0:24] village of Abu Falak near the

[0:26] Palestinian city of Ramala and happened

[0:28] during a Palestinian olive harvest.

[0:34] >> The photojournalist Heidi Lavine, who

[0:36] worked for the Washington Post, said she

[0:38] saw a group of around 50 mass men

[0:40] descend from a nearby Israeli cell

[0:42] outpost before she was surrounded,

[0:45] pushed to the ground, and beaten.

[0:49] She was taken to a hospital in Ramla and

[0:51] treated there. She's now in stable

[0:53] condition. Let's hear how she described

[0:55] the incident.

[0:56] >> I was attacked, pushed to the ground. I

[0:59] had luckily I had my black jacket and my

[1:02] helmet. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't

[1:05] even be here because they just kept

[1:07] kicking me uh and kicking me.

[1:12] >> This is just the latest incident of

[1:14] frequent Israeli settler attacks against

[1:15] Palestinians. Netanyao has condemned

[1:18] this violence and said a group of around

[1:20] several hundred weward youth are

[1:22] responsible for it and he vowed a

[1:24] crackdown. But the violence against the

[1:26] Palestinians has continued unabated and

[1:29] those responsible for that violence are

[1:31] hardily if ever prosecuted. Back to you

[1:34] >> Joe Lieber. Thank you.