Settlers attack Palestinian olive harvesters near Ramallah

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in several villages near Ramallah on Friday, assaulting farmers and burning vehicles.

• Settlers attacked olive pickers in Abu Falah, Turmus'ayya and Burqa near Ramallah, assaulting farmers and setting fire to trees.
• Settlers burned three Palestinian vehicles during the attack on Turmus'ayya.
• The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said it has documented 136 harvest-related attacks by the Israeli army and settlers since October 1.
• Settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles near the Atara checkpoint and stole a tractor and an olive crop near Nablus.
• Settlers severely beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine in Abu Falah, hospitalizing her; she said she was kicked and her equipment and passport were broken.
• Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition and tear gas at Palestinians, wounding one man in the leg, according to reports.
• Israel Police opened an investigation, and the Foreign Press Association condemned the attack as part of a series ignored by authorities.
• Masked settlers injured at least six Palestinians in West Bank attacks on Friday, according to reports.
• Reports cite over 170 settler attacks across the West Bank since late September of this year.
• Israel has imposed new restrictions on Palestinian access to agricultural land in the West Bank, reports say.
• Twelve Palestinians were injured in the Abu Falah attack, four of them dual Palestinian-American citizens, up from the six initially reported.
• The US State Department condemned the violence against the olive harvesters and called for an investigation into the attack.