Huckabee calls for arrests over West Bank beating of US photojournalist
US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called for the arrest and prosecution of masked settlers who beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has called for the arrest and prosecution of those who beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank. He called the attack a "despicable act of terror," according to Al Jazeera and The Guardian. CBS News reports he also called it "vicious."
The Guardian reports that Levine, 63, is an award-winning journalist who lives in Israel. It says masked Israeli settlers attacked her last Friday. They used clubs and other weapons against Palestinians who were trying to harvest olives in West Bank towns. Levine was badly beaten, needed surgery and is recovering in a hospital in Israel, the Guardian reports.
Al Jazeera describes Huckabee as a Trump appointee. It reports that he urged Israel to prosecute the attackers.
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- Al JazeeraUS ambassador urges Israel to prosecute attackers of American journalistSat, Oct 17, 7:40 PM EDT
- CBS NewsHuckabee calls for prosecution of journalist's West Bank attackersSun, Oct 18, 9:13 AM EDT
- The GuardianUS ambassador to Israel denounces West Bank settler attack on US photojournalistSun, Oct 18, 11:33 AM EDT
- Al JazeeraIsraeli police arrest 10 after settler attacks on journalist, diplomatsMon, Oct 19, 6:43 AM EDT
- The GuardianFirst Thing: US ambassador in rare diplomatic break with Israel over attack on US journalistMon, Oct 19, 7:23 AM EDT
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- Sun, Oct 18, 9:20 AM EDT, 2 outlets: US ambassador Huckabee urges prosecution of attackers of American journalist