Dozens of masked settlers attack Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank, two hurt

About 80 masked Israeli settlers armed with clubs and some firearms charged at Palestinians picking olives in Abu Falah, north of Ramallah, on Friday, injuring at least two people including a Washington Post photojournalist. A monitoring group says settler violence has reached record levels during this year's harvest; Israel's government said the facts "remain unclear" and called for an investigation, while a US State Department official condemned "criminal violence by any party."

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