Missy Ryan
Role at the time: The Atlantic journalist and former colleague of Levine
Condemned
Statement summary
Missy Ryan says few photojournalists are more experienced or dedicated than Levine and that the attack on her is a sign of how bad things are and of the stakes of not getting the story out.
“There are few photo journalists who are more experienced and more dedicated than Heidi. And just to see what happened to her is I would think really a sign of how bad things are and what the what the stakes are for not getting that story out to the world.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Missy Ryan on the attack on Heidi Levine05:48
Why we used this label
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. Ryan calls the attack a sign of how bad things are, after describing an unprecedented surge in settler violence, which condemns it.