American photojournalist Heidi Levine. (Photo: X)
\n\nAfter The Washington Post reported an assault against photojournalist Heidi Levine, US Congress members have condemned the alleged Israeli settler attack. Several members took to X urging the US government to cut off aid to Israel and stop funding settler activity.
\n\n“The reported attack on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine by West Bank settlers is unconscionable and a moment of reckoning for the world,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) posted on X. “Are we going to tolerate accelerating vigilante violence against Palestinian civilians and foreign observers by right-wing vigilantes who operate with government protection?”
\n\n“She said attackers picked her up, then threw her down again and kept kicking,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) wrote on X. Israeli settlers “operate with impunity. We need to cut off aid to Israel that is used to fund settler activity, and stop the sales of these weapons.”
\n\n“Reports that this was a coordinated attack are incredibly concerning, as are reports that IDF soldiers did not intervene,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-New Jersey) wrote on X. “I will continue to call for an investigation and accountability.”
\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the facts surrounding the incident “remain unclear” and are…
Original source: https://www.timesnownews.com/world
