Settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters at several sites across the West Bank on Saturday. A diplomatic delegation from Poland, Belgium and France was attacked in Taybeh: a window of a Belgian consulate vehicle was smashed, and French mayor Bernard Baudoux was injured. Settlers threw stones at harvesters in Deir Jarir; crops were reportedly stolen in Burqa and Umm Safa. In Muein, in the southern Hebron hills, six people were injured by pepper spray and beatings, including one by live fire and another by blunt trauma; settlers also reportedly stole sheep. Israeli police opened an investigation. Yesh Din reported 487 incidents of settler and soldier violence since September 27, including 234 linked to the olive harvest.
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