Israel police arrest suspects over settler attacks on US journalist, European diplomats

TEL AVIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) Israeli police said on Monday they had arrested eight suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in the ​West Bank over the weekend, including attacks ‌on an American photojournalist and European diplomats in separate incidents. Police did not identify the suspects, who were taken into custody for questioning, or disclose any accusations against them. The investigation was ongoing, police ‌said. Prosecutions ​of Israeli settlers are rare. Israeli ⁠radio station Galatz reported the ⁠suspects were Israelis and that the Shin Bet domestic security service was taking part in the investigation. Masked Israeli settlers were filmed on Friday assaulting Washington Post ​photojournalist Heidi Levine, a US citizen, who was covering a Palestinian olive harvest in the West Bank. On ⁠Saturday, European diplomats and a French ⁠mayor were attacked by masked settlers in ​another part of the West Bank. The weekend violence has drawn ​condemnation from the Un