Activists accuse Israeli settlers of assault in occupied West Bank

Jasper was then pepper-sprayed and arrested,” Shoko wrote, adding that Nathaniel was taken away by Israeli forces.Shoko said Andrey X suffered a concussion and lost consciousness multiple times during the incident before being detained by authorities.“Andrey was severely beaten and lost consciousness several times in front of police.

Despite this, he was denied hospital treatment.

He was put in an ambulance – but instead of being taken to hospital, he was taken to a police station.

He is still there, arrested and being denied medical care,” she wrote.Video footage Shoko posted online showed several men, some of them armed, beating Nathaniel and Andrey X.

Further video showed Israeli authorities leading away Nathaniel while he shouted that he had just been beaten up.🚨 TODAY: Settler-terrorists attacked Andrey, Jasper and me.

This video shows the assault.Andrey was severely beaten and lost consciousness several times in front of police.

He was put in an ambulance—but instead of being taken to… https://t.co/rL9pBQRlkR pic.twitter.com/mG2raLKNPGThe assault follows an October 16 incident in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, where masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives, setting trees on fire and throwing stones using slingshots.Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, who was covering the attack, was beaten, robbed, and hospitalised, while a Palestinian man was shot in the leg by Israeli soldiers who….

Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray condemned the “unwarranted attack on a journalist doing her job”, while several US lawmakers called for an investigation and an end to settler violence in the region.

Footage shows men, some armed, beating a US journalist and an Israeli-Russian activist in Umm al-Khair.