Rabbi Dov Lior claims Palestinian land belongs to Jews, says harvesting olives demonstrates ownership, according to Israeli Channel 13

US assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor and US ambassador to the Holy See visit Latin Convent Church in Taybeh; Huckabee attends settler conference

European bloc also calls for 'effective measures' to prevent further attacks during olive harvest season, amid reports of new assaults on Sunday

Violent (and illegal) Israeli settlers in West Bank are not content to attack only Palestinians ■ Gazans dread spending a 4th winter in displacement ■ NAZA documentary echoes 2023 film about Nazis ■ More.

Rubio: Trump is not 'a supporter of what he’s seeing now on television,' says US has asked Israel to 'crack down' on extremist settler violence; relatives say Levine, who has lived in Israel since the 1980s, has covered war zones for decades and never faced such an attack

Observers tell ToI that even if new leadership leaves security doctrine and opposition to two-state solution in place, shifts in approach to Palestinians and regional diplomacy could change tenor of ties

Despite images from scene of attack and IDF condemnation, PM suggests incident could be part of 'coordinated smear campaign'; Belgium to push for EU sanctions on those involved

From her hospital bed, Heidi Levine says PM's suggestion that settlers were trying to help her up is 'such a lie and the biggest insult'; Huckabee decries 'despicable act of terror'

With Israeli rabbi's blessing, settlers are stealing Palestinians' olive harvest; with IDF support, settlers are beating both Palestinians and int'l visitors. That's not all.

Images show diplomat on the ground, damage to vehicle; IDF condemns 'severe' attack, says diplomatic delegation didn't coordinate Taybeh visit as police launch probe; settlers said to kill around 20 sheep in Palestinian village

The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.

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Heidi Levine says she was saved by flak jacket, helmet in Abu Falah attack, as US embassy and Washington Post slam incident; olive trees and vehicles set on fire near Turmus Ayya; 70-year-old attacked near Birzeit

Civilian lightly hurt in hit-and-run near settlement, IDF says it isn't terror and came after settlers blocked Palestinian cars; separately, settlers said to burn a Palestinian car

“No Palestinians in the West Bank are exempt from this threat, including Christian communities and institutions,” said Bishop Dr Imad Haddad of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

Zamir urges 'readiness on every front' during 'sensitive period' of West Bank olive harvest and run-up to Israeli election; PM says Iran’s regime ‘must go,’ doubts it will fall before Israelis vote on Oct. 27

Security forces say groups raise money for PFLP, provide legal aid for terrorists; settlers reportedly set fire to mosque and car in West Bank village

Indiscriminate, disproportionate bombing killed massive numbers of Gazans (as Palestinian reporters have said for 3 years); new levels of Israeli settler barbarity; more

Settler violence turns West Bank harvest into a nightmare ■ More Israeli testimony implicates IDF for massive civilian casualties ■ Israel's detention, torture of Syrians ■ More

The Milstein scandal shows the ambassador undercutting American policy and the express wishes of the president.

NYT: David Milstein, a top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, has repeatedly suppressed or significantly revised embassy reporting on Israeli activities. Milstein is the stepson of right-wing radio host Mark Levin