The video of a young, Jewish man wearing a mask and wielding a large stick as he runs towards a woman is short and shocking.

Warning: This story contains a graphic account of assault.

The unprovoked attack, which took place in the village of Turmus'ayya in the occupied West Bank, was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel from a car nearby.

He can be heard yelling: "Oh come on, don't f***ing hit her … hey, hey."

Then the settler clubs 53-year-old Palestinian woman, Afaf Abu Alia.

She falls to the ground and he beats her again with the stick.

He then chases after volunteers, who usually come out at harvest time to try and offer a layer of protection to the Palestinian olive farmers, clubbing one of them too.

The incident was part of a wider attack by settlers on olive fa

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