Heidi Levine is an American freelance photojournalist based in Jerusalem. Originally from Boston, she moved to Israel in 1983 and began her career as a staff photographer for the Associated Press, later joining the French photo agency Sipa Press. She has covered conflicts in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, the uprisings in Egypt and Libya, and the war in Ukraine, which she has photographed on assignment for The Washington Post. In 2015 she received the International Women's Media Foundation's first Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award for her work in Gaza.
Role at the time: Washington Post photographer who was attacked in the West Bank
Condemned
Statement summary
Heidi Levine, the Washington Post photographer attacked near Abu Falah, blames "Jewish terrorists" for the attack in remarks reported by the Associated Press and says she has never seen the country in such a state in more than 40 years of covering the region.
“Jewish terrorists
I've been covering this region for over 40 years, and I have never seen this country in such a state as it is today.”
Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine was beaten during an attack on olive harvesters near Abu Falah on October 16. Witnesses blamed masked settlers. Netanyahu's office called the facts unclear, and the Post's editor said key facts are not in dispute.
