Israeli police detain 10 in West Bank settler raid after attacks on US journalist, diplomats

Israeli police detained 10 people in a rare raid against settlers in the occupied West Bank after a weekend of violence that included attacks on a US photojournalist and European diplomats. Heidi Levine was knocked down, kicked and beaten by masked Israeli men on Friday while covering the olive harvest in a Palestinian village near Ramallah. She suffered four broken vertebrae and a broken rib and needed finger surgery. The next day, men with sticks and iron bars attacked European diplomats and Palestinians harvesting olives outside Taybeh, assaulting a visiting French mayor and badly injuring a young Palestinian man. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to an alleged attack and unproven allegations. Israel has faced pressure, including from the United States, to investigate; rights groups say most inquiries into extremist attacks on Palestinians go nowhere.

Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing; left-leaning and alternative outlets had. The Guardian leads with the raid and Levine's injuries and says Netanyahu's doubts ignored video and witness evidence. The New York Times stresses outside pressure and rights groups' skepticism. Middle East Eye covers other West Bank incidents, citing Wafa and church leaders. Antiwar.com reports on Gaza.