Soldiers Halt Olive Harvest, Order Farmers to Leave Fruit
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Security forces halted a Palestinian olive harvest in the southern Hebron Hills on Saturday, ordering farmers to leave their collected olives. Soldiers claimed the harvest required army coordination, which was not true as no closure order was in effect. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit has not yet responded to the incident, which occurred amid reports of other violent incidents over the weekend.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Soldiers stopped a Palestinian olive harvest in the southern Hebron Hills on Saturday.
- Forces ordered farmers and activists to leave behind their collected olives.
- The soldiers' claim that the harvest required army coordination was incorrect.
- No closure order was in effect for the grove during the harvest season.
- The IDF Spokesperson's Unit has not yet issued a response to the incident.
Security forces were documented stopping an olive harvest and ordering farmers and activists to disperse with their collected yield in the southern Hebron Hills, in an incident that occurred contrary to regulations. Violent incidents were also reported at several other locations throughout the weekend. Soldiers on Saturday stopped a harvest by Palestinian farmers in the southern Hebron Hills after asking an armed settler if they should proceed, and then instructed activists to leave behind the olives they had gathered. According to documentation from the scene, the soldiers claimed the harvest needed to be coordinated with the army, despite this not being the case. The grove was not under a closure order for the harvest season, which would have required coordination with the IDF. The demand to leave the olives also contradicts army directives for the harvest season, which prohibit property confiscation even if a closed military area order was violated. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit had not yet provided a response.
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