"A Jewish-American journalist is calling out U.S. news outlets for ignoring a violent settler attack in the West Bank that he and American colleagues found themselves in the middle of and captured on camera in now-viral footage that has drawn condemnation from the United Nations. Brooklyn-based reporter Jasper Nathaniel was traveling through the olive fields near Turmus Ayya on Oct. 19 when he filmed masked Israeli settlers assaulting Palestinian farmers."
"The attackers, wielding clubs and other makeshift weapons, can be seen beating several people, including a 55-year old woman, as Nathaniel shouted at them to stop. October 19, 2025. On the first day of the olive harvest in Turmus'ayyer, the Israeli Defense Force leads a group of farmers directly into a brutal ambush by armed settlers. These people need to be in prison by tomorrow, and the people of this village, and all across Palestine, https://t.co/i4PbG9jn4j pic.twitter.com/i67CjLB2gg jasper nathaniel (@infinite_jaz) October 19, 2025"
"The IDF lured us into an ambush, Nathaniel wrote on X shortly before posting the footage. Brutal settler attack in Turmus'ayya olive fields. Many injuries, including a woman knocked unconscious with a club and beaten repeatedly. https://twitter.com/infinite_jaz/status/1979797840424796384 In a later post, Nathaniel accused the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of facilitating the violence, saying the mob descended moments after the IDF sped away."
Masked settlers assaulted Palestinian farmers in olive fields near Turmus Ayya on Oct. 19, using clubs and makeshift weapons and injuring multiple people, including a 55-year-old woman. A Jewish-American journalist and other Americans filmed the attack and reported that the Israeli Defense Forces led farmers into the area and then sped away, allowing a mob to descend. The footage circulated widely online and drew condemnation from the United Nations. The journalist expressed surprise and concern that major U.S. news outlets provided little or no coverage despite Americans being among those nearly killed.
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