"Attacks on Palestinian farmers during West Bank's olive harvest captured on video"
This is the headline to an article in The Irish Times dated 10/23/25 with a byline from Michael Jansen. A particular video is mentioned about a masked squatter using a wooden club to beat a 55 year old Palestinian woman into unconsciousness as she gathered her olive harvest. There is a screenshot of the man with the club and the woman on the ground. It is noted he continued to beat her after she lost consciousness.
US journalist Jasper Nathaniel captured the event from this past Sunday. The IDF later claimed it had showed up and dealt with things but Nathaniel says that is a lie and they never showed up but were there prior to the beating and seemed to lead the farmers into the ambush. The article notes the harvest began this month and that so far:
"Some 17 attacks were conducted by the Israeli army and 141 by settlers who are deemed illegal under international law. These incidents involved beatings, arrests, restrictions on movement, denial of access, harassment, firing of weapons and the destruction of nearly 800 olive trees."
The head of the UN Human Rights Office is quoted:
"Ajith Sunghay, the head of the UN Human Rights Office in the Palestinian territory, said this week that settler violence has “skyrocketed in scale and frequency”.
He notes also that the attacks have been against children as well.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2025/10/23/attacks-on-palestinian-farmers-during-west-banks-olive-harvest-captured-on-video/
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