Israeli Settlers Attack NBC News Team While On Camera

Source: Anadolu / GettyA team from NBC News was attacked by masked Israeli settlers as they were interviewing a Palestinian womanover the weekend, sparking outrage and sharp criticism from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The team was interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah, a 51-year-old Palestinian resident, and her family in the town of Jalud, near Nablus in the West Bank. She spoke of how she and her family had been previously attacked by other Israeli settlers. As she was on camera, a grey car with Israeli license plates was spotted driving in reverse up the hill toward them. One masked assailant was leaning out of the rear window, holding a stick. As the car stopped, four more masked men jumped out, dressed in dark clothes, beating Abdullah and the NBC News crew with sticks while throwing stones. “They jumped out, beat us, then jumped back in the car,” NBC News correspondent Matt Bradley said.Bradley was hit twice in the arm, while cameraman Khaldoon Eid and producer Lahawez Jabari were also injured. “Suddenly a car came to us,” Jabari said after receiving medical care. “The settlers had sticks. I saw a gun, but they didn’t use the gun.”Abdullah was left beaten on the ground. She ...