First Thing: US ambassador in rare diplomatic break with Israel over attack on US journalist

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Mike Huckabee condemns attack on Washington Post photojournalist that has drawn lukewarm response from Israeli authorities.

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The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has denounced a settler attack that left the Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine badly beaten and needing surgery as a “despicable act of terror”.

Levine, 63, an award-winning journalist who lives in Israel, was set upon last Friday by masked Israeli settlers who used clubs and other weapons to attack Palestinians attempting to harvest their olives.

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