[…] Levin also described the consequences of settler attacks during the olive harvest season. “In the past, before the situation became so violent, you could see mothers and babies, and the harvest looked just like a family picnic. It’s also an activity people depend on heavily economically. But today I saw only men. The families prefer that the women and children not go out, because the situation is too dangerous.”
[…] In a conversation with *Haaretz*, an eyewitness said that about 30 masked settlers came down from the outpost toward the harvesters and began expelling and attacking them. According to him, soldiers and Border Police officers subsequently arrived at the scene and used crowd-dispersal measures against the Palestinians, but did not arrest the settlers, who continued the attacks even in the presence of the forces.