Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles Armed Israeli settlers beat a…
The Guardian reports: Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles Armed Israeli settlers beat a photographer in the presence of Israeli soldiers, hospitalising him, as he covered worsening settler violence against olive farmers in the occupied West Bank.
He was assaulted in view of about a dozen armed Israeli soldiers.
This world story centres on Israel. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include West Bank, Armed Israeli and Israeli.
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- Israel · Middle East
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- The Guardian
- First reported
- Key names
- West Bank, Armed Israeli, Israeli, Jaafar Ashtiyeh
- Section
- World
- Figure cited
- Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old veteran photographer for Agence France-Presse in Palestine, was assaulted by a group of settlers, who beat him with the butts of their rifles, despite him being marked as press. (The Guardian)
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