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Armed Israeli settlers assault American journalist and two reporters near Hebron
Armed Israeli settlers assaulted an American journalist and activist, Jasper Nathaniel, and two Russian-Israeli reporters near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, beating them, pepper-spraying Nathaniel and leaving one reporter with a concussion, according to one of the journalists.
Armed Israeli settlers attacked three journalists, including American journalist and activist Jasper Nathaniel, near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to one of the reporters who was assaulted.
Beaten, pepper-sprayed and threatened
Adele Shoko, a journalist with Russian and Israeli citizenship, said the attackers beat her, threatened to shoot and took her glasses. She said Nathaniel was pepper-sprayed in the face and that the settlers stole the phone of Andrey Krasnovsky, another Russian-Israeli journalist. Footage of the incident shows armed men ordering the journalists to lie on the ground.
Shoko said Krasnovsky suffered a concussion and lost consciousness several times while he was being held. The settlers blocked an ambulance from evacuating him. He was left alone in the ambulance for a long time before it took him to a police station rather than a hospital, she said.
Pattern of attacks on the press
The assault is the latest in a string of attacks on journalists in the West Bank. An AFP photographer was beaten and robbed by settlers while covering attacks on olive farmers on Oct. 8, and a Washington Post photojournalist was hospitalized after a settler attack on a Palestinian olive harvest on Oct. 16. The Committee to Protect Journalists said Israeli forces detained two journalists and raided the offices of Al-Ghad TV in Hebron on Oct. 26.
Hebron under pressure
Israel launched a major offensive in Hebron after an Oct. 23 attack on a checkpoint that killed two Israeli soldiers. Palestinian officials also reported seven attacks by Israeli forces and settlers on olive farmers and their land within 12 hours, with more than 50 olive and almond trees uprooted and four Palestinians detained in Nablus.
About 750,000 Israelis live in settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Most of the international community considers these settlements illegal under international law.
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