Settler and IDF Attacks Escalate Against Palestinian Farmers and Olive Trees
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
Settler and Israeli occupation forces escalated attacks against Palestinian farmers and their property in the West Bank on Thursday, coinciding with the olive harvest. Incidents included cutting electricity, expelling farmers, uprooting olive trees, and bulldozing land. The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission reported 21 such attacks across seven governorates on Wednesday alone. These actions threaten Palestinian livelihoods and their connection to the land.
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- Settler and Israeli forces escalated attacks on Palestinian farmers and olive trees in the West Bank on Thursday.
- Attacks included cutting electricity, expelling farmers, uprooting trees, and bulldozing land.
- Hundreds of olive trees were uprooted in Kafr Malik, Ramallah, and land leveling occurred in Jenin.
- Occupation forces are accused of protecting settlers during these assaults.
- 21 attacks targeting farmers and crops were reported across seven West Bank governorates on Wednesday.
Settler and Israeli occupation forces' attacks against Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank escalated on Thursday, coinciding with the olive harvest season. The incidents included cutting electricity to homes, expelling farmers from their lands, preventing them from harvesting their crops, uprooting hundreds of olive trees, and bulldozing agricultural lands. These attacks continue amid restrictions on Palestinian farmers' access to their lands, threats of crop confiscation, and accusations that occupation forces protect settlers during their assaults.
In Nablus, settlers cut electricity poles supplying a home in the town of Burin, near the settlement of Yitzhar. In the town of Asira al-Qibliya, settlers expelled olive harvesters from the "Al-Sha'ab" area. Occupation forces also removed farmers from the "Al-Ashar" area east of Beit Furik, threatening to confiscate their olive harvest, according to the Al-Baidar Organization for Human Rights. The organization noted these actions hinder farmers' access to their lands and threaten family incomes.
In Jenin, occupation forces prevented Palestinians from harvesting olives near the settlement of Tursala, on land belonging to the town of Jaba. Forces reportedly fired tear gas canisters at farmers, forcing them to leave. In the same area, settlers, accompanied by bulldozers, began land leveling activities within the former Sanur camp, on land belonging to Jaba, near the road connecting Jaba and Sanur.
In Ramallah, occupation forces uprooted hundreds of olive trees and bulldozed agricultural lands in the town of Kafr Malik. The Al-Baidar Organization stated that the bulldozing targeted agricultural lands near a bypass road, causing significant damage to productive olive trees and threatening farmers' livelihoods and their connection to the land.
On Wednesday, occupation bulldozers uprooted hundreds of olive trees and bulldozed agricultural lands in Kafr Malik. The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission reported that occupation forces and settlers carried out 21 attacks targeting farmers, their lands, and olive crops across seven West Bank governorates on Wednesday. These attacks are part of a surge during the olive harvest season, a crucial source of income and a symbol of Palestinian connection to their land and heritage.
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