Israeli settlers attack farmers in West Bank pogrom, soldiers hit reporters

Israeli settlers under the Israeli army’s protection have attacked olive pickers, burned olive trees and detained dozens of people in the occupied West Bank. Saturday’s pogroms took place at olive groves in the village of Abu Dis, the town of Awarta and the az-Zahra area in the town of Beita, among other places, according to our colleagues on the ground. “When we arrived this morning, a group of about 50 masked settlers approached. They were throwing stones and attacked a house,” an activist from California volunteering with Palestinian communities to harvest olives who asked to remain anonymous told Al Jazeera.