Khanna calls for cutting off aid to Israel that is used to fund settler activity
Ro KhannaU.S. representative from California
Ro Khanna says Israeli settlers beat Levine and operate with impunity, and calls for cutting off aid to Israel that is used to fund settler activity and stopping the sales of these weapons.
“They 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.”
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Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine is beaten near Abu Falah; Netanyahu's office says the facts are unclear
Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine was beaten near the West Bank village of Abu Falah on October 16, 2026, while covering the olive harvest. She and other journalists at the scene said masked Israeli settlers attacked harvesters and reporters. The Israeli military condemned the incident and police opened an investigation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the facts remain unclear, and the Post's executive editor replied that Levine was clearly marked as press and clearly beaten.
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Khanna described Levine's account of being thrown down and kicked by settlers.
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Khanna's post opens by saying Israeli settlers beat Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, and that she said the attackers picked her up, threw her down again and kept kicking.
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The reference point is the October 16, 2026 beating of Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine near Abu Falah, which she and other witnesses attributed to masked Israeli settlers. Khanna says settlers beat Levine and operate with impunity and calls for cutting off aid used to fund settler activity, which condemns the attack.
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