5 may 2014
Local Palestinian sources and eye-witnesses said a horde of Israeli settlers renewed on Sunday attacks on their native lands and agricultural fields west of Ramallah while Palestinians’ native lands in al-Khalil were razed by Israeli bulldozers. Bahjat Samhane, Chairman of Ras Karkar Village Council, told Quds Press Israeli settlers cut down 51 perennial olive trees northwest of the village.
According to Samhan, the uprooted trees belong to Hadj Salah Taha Samhan, whose olive trees had already been targeted two years ago.
“Settlers re-smashed the trees after Hadj Salah replanted them two years ago,” Samhan maintains.
77 olive trees were targeted by Israeli settlers two months ago in the same area, leading to heavy material losses among Palestinian farmers.
Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah, has long been permanent target of IOF and Israeli settler attacks. Confiscation and dispossession procedures have always been carried out in favor of arbitrary settlement expansion.
Along the same line, SAFA news agency quoted eye-witnesses as saying: “more than 25 dunums of Palestinian lands east of al-Khalil were attacked and razed by Israeli bulldozers at a light night hour Sunday.”
According to eye-witnesses, such dredging operations make part of Israeli attempt’s to expand a nearby settlement at the expense of Palestinians’ lands and under shield of Israeli security forces.
According to Samhan, the uprooted trees belong to Hadj Salah Taha Samhan, whose olive trees had already been targeted two years ago.
“Settlers re-smashed the trees after Hadj Salah replanted them two years ago,” Samhan maintains.
77 olive trees were targeted by Israeli settlers two months ago in the same area, leading to heavy material losses among Palestinian farmers.
Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah, has long been permanent target of IOF and Israeli settler attacks. Confiscation and dispossession procedures have always been carried out in favor of arbitrary settlement expansion.
Along the same line, SAFA news agency quoted eye-witnesses as saying: “more than 25 dunums of Palestinian lands east of al-Khalil were attacked and razed by Israeli bulldozers at a light night hour Sunday.”
According to eye-witnesses, such dredging operations make part of Israeli attempt’s to expand a nearby settlement at the expense of Palestinians’ lands and under shield of Israeli security forces.
4 may 2014
Israeli settlers from Beit Aain and Jaboot settlements uprooted several dozen of olives trees on Saturday in Nahaleen village ,southwest of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The activist Ghassan Najajrah said that the settlers uprooted 54 olive trees , their ages between ( 20-30) years, pointing that this is not the first time the israeli settlers attacked this land and other lands of Nahaleen.
The trees were belonged to farmers of Abo Fanon family.
Israeli settlers also wrote anti-Arab slogans on the rocks of Nahaleen lands.
The trees were belonged to farmers of Abo Fanon family.
Israeli settlers also wrote anti-Arab slogans on the rocks of Nahaleen lands.
2 may 2014
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday morning stormed Madama village to the south of Nablus city and embarked on uprooting and destroying olive trees in Palestinian-owned fields. Eyewitnesses reported that a large number of Israeli military vehicles stopped near the bypass in the western side of the village as troops were cutting and removing olive trees.
Israeli soldiers on Thursday had put up a military notice written in Hebrew on one of the trees warning the landowners of their intention to uproot the olive trees in their fields.
The villagers condemned the Israeli military decision to remove their olive trees as arbitrary and unfair, saying it was taken without giving them a chance to take legal action against it.
Israel To Uproot Hundreds Of Trees Near Nablus
The Israeli Army decided to cut and uproot hundreds of Palestinian trees, near a bypass road used by Israeli settlers, close to Madama village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Palestinian official, Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of Israeli settlements file in the northern part of the West Bank, said the army has officially informed the residents of its intention to uproot all trees planted on both sides of the Yitzhar-Madama road.
The army said the decision was motivated by security considerations, “to ensure protection for Jewish settlers” driving to and from their illegal settlements.
Daghlas added that the army already marked the trees that would be removed, and already uprooted more than 52 olive trees overnight.
The official further stated that, should the decision be fully implemented, hundreds and even thousands of olive trees would be cut and uprooted.
It is worth mentioning that Israel has uprooted more than 800.000 olive trees since it illegally occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in 1967.
Israeli soldiers on Thursday had put up a military notice written in Hebrew on one of the trees warning the landowners of their intention to uproot the olive trees in their fields.
The villagers condemned the Israeli military decision to remove their olive trees as arbitrary and unfair, saying it was taken without giving them a chance to take legal action against it.
Israel To Uproot Hundreds Of Trees Near Nablus
The Israeli Army decided to cut and uproot hundreds of Palestinian trees, near a bypass road used by Israeli settlers, close to Madama village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Palestinian official, Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of Israeli settlements file in the northern part of the West Bank, said the army has officially informed the residents of its intention to uproot all trees planted on both sides of the Yitzhar-Madama road.
The army said the decision was motivated by security considerations, “to ensure protection for Jewish settlers” driving to and from their illegal settlements.
Daghlas added that the army already marked the trees that would be removed, and already uprooted more than 52 olive trees overnight.
The official further stated that, should the decision be fully implemented, hundreds and even thousands of olive trees would be cut and uprooted.
It is worth mentioning that Israel has uprooted more than 800.000 olive trees since it illegally occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in 1967.
1 may 2014
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked on Thursday a number of Palestinian farmers while working in their agricultural land in Ramallah, Palestinian medical sources revealed. The sources pointed out that IOF soldiers brutally attacked four Palestinian citizens while in their agricultural land in Aboud village, north of Ramallah.
Israeli forces have detained the four farmers for several hours after being seriously and violently attacked. Ambulance crews were prevented from reaching the injured.
The farmers were then transferred to hospital shortly after their release.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers uprooted Thursday morning 50 olive seedlings southern Bethlehem.
The seedlings were planted by Palestinian activists few months ago over an area of 300 acres.
Settlers Uproot Dozens Of Olive Saplings Near Bethlehem
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian olive orchard, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and uprooted around 50 saplings.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in the Bethlehem District, Hasan Breijiyya, told the WAFA Palestinian news agency that the attacked orchard is located in Khallet an-Nahla area of Wady Rahhal village.
The invaded orchard belongs to resident Issa Ali Zeyada; he told WAFA that the area was recently subject to escalating attacks, and that the attacks included uprooting trees, bulldozing lands and assaults on local villagers.
On Wednesday, the villagers managed to obtain a ruling from an Israeli court ordering the settlers to leave the orchard and remove a room they installed.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, a number of Israeli settlers hurled stones at Palestinian cars driving near Keryat Arba’ settlement, east of the city; damage was reported, but no injuries.
In related news, three Palestinians from the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, received military orders informing them that the army intends to demolish a shed and a barn.
Personnel of the Israeli Civil Administration Department, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, handed the orders to the residents.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in al-Khader, Ahmad Salah, said the soldiers want to demolish a shed used for repairing and painting cars, and a horse barn.
The property belongs to residents Osama Salah, Imad Sarafandy, and Mohammad Da’dou’; they were given 45 days to demolish their structures, and if they don’t, the army would demolish them and send them the bill.
Salah said Um Rokba area is subject to frequent military invasions, and repeated attacks by militant Israeli settlers.
Several homes and structures were previously demolished by the army in the area, while several structures have pending demolition orders against them.
Israeli forces have detained the four farmers for several hours after being seriously and violently attacked. Ambulance crews were prevented from reaching the injured.
The farmers were then transferred to hospital shortly after their release.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers uprooted Thursday morning 50 olive seedlings southern Bethlehem.
The seedlings were planted by Palestinian activists few months ago over an area of 300 acres.
Settlers Uproot Dozens Of Olive Saplings Near Bethlehem
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian olive orchard, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and uprooted around 50 saplings.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in the Bethlehem District, Hasan Breijiyya, told the WAFA Palestinian news agency that the attacked orchard is located in Khallet an-Nahla area of Wady Rahhal village.
The invaded orchard belongs to resident Issa Ali Zeyada; he told WAFA that the area was recently subject to escalating attacks, and that the attacks included uprooting trees, bulldozing lands and assaults on local villagers.
On Wednesday, the villagers managed to obtain a ruling from an Israeli court ordering the settlers to leave the orchard and remove a room they installed.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, a number of Israeli settlers hurled stones at Palestinian cars driving near Keryat Arba’ settlement, east of the city; damage was reported, but no injuries.
In related news, three Palestinians from the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, received military orders informing them that the army intends to demolish a shed and a barn.
Personnel of the Israeli Civil Administration Department, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, handed the orders to the residents.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in al-Khader, Ahmad Salah, said the soldiers want to demolish a shed used for repairing and painting cars, and a horse barn.
The property belongs to residents Osama Salah, Imad Sarafandy, and Mohammad Da’dou’; they were given 45 days to demolish their structures, and if they don’t, the army would demolish them and send them the bill.
Salah said Um Rokba area is subject to frequent military invasions, and repeated attacks by militant Israeli settlers.
Several homes and structures were previously demolished by the army in the area, while several structures have pending demolition orders against them.
28 apr 2014
Israeli settlers on Monday destroyed over 150 olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers south of Nablus, a Palestinian official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, a PA official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that a group of settlers from Yitzhar raided the Huwwara village and cut down over 150 trees.
The trees belonged to Nayif Khadir Audah, Ghazi Dawood Salim and Fatima Audah and some were located on property belonging to a local mosque.
On Sunday, settlers destroyed over 60 olive trees in Huwwara using chainsaws.
The area around the villages south of Nablus is a frequent site of settler violence and Palestinian clashes with Israeli forces as it is located beside the notoriously violent Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Ghassan Daghlas, a PA official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that a group of settlers from Yitzhar raided the Huwwara village and cut down over 150 trees.
The trees belonged to Nayif Khadir Audah, Ghazi Dawood Salim and Fatima Audah and some were located on property belonging to a local mosque.
On Sunday, settlers destroyed over 60 olive trees in Huwwara using chainsaws.
The area around the villages south of Nablus is a frequent site of settler violence and Palestinian clashes with Israeli forces as it is located beside the notoriously violent Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
27 apr 2014
More than 60 fruitful olive trees were uprooted by Israeli settlers in Hawara village, south of Nablus, on Sunday morning. Ghassan Daghlas, the official responsible for monitoring settlement activity in northern West Bank, said a number of Yitzhar settlers uprooted the trees using power saws.
In the same context, Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian farmer from Bethlehem south of the West Bank.
Local sources said that a group of Efrat settlers invaded the lands of Palestinian civilian Yahya Ayesh, 55, using dogs and horses and damaged several wheat and barley crops.
According to the same sources, Ayesh was subject to brutal physical assaults after the Israeli invaders unleashed dogs and beat him up.
In another incident, an Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian farmer from Bethlehem on Sunday while he was on his way to work in his land using a donkey.
Local sources told the PIC correspondent that the elderly farmer Ismail Moussa Abu Sheikh, 70, was left severely wounded before being carried to hospital for treatment.
Along the same line, Radio Israel reported several Israeli extremists wrote racist slogans reading as “Death to Arabs” on the walls of a school in Akka in 1948 occupied Palestine.
In another event, local Palestinian sources reported that Israeli settlers smashed in the glass windows of a Palestinian home in the Old City in al-Khalil so as to pressure its Palestinian owner to abandon his house.
In the same context, Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian farmer from Bethlehem south of the West Bank.
Local sources said that a group of Efrat settlers invaded the lands of Palestinian civilian Yahya Ayesh, 55, using dogs and horses and damaged several wheat and barley crops.
According to the same sources, Ayesh was subject to brutal physical assaults after the Israeli invaders unleashed dogs and beat him up.
In another incident, an Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian farmer from Bethlehem on Sunday while he was on his way to work in his land using a donkey.
Local sources told the PIC correspondent that the elderly farmer Ismail Moussa Abu Sheikh, 70, was left severely wounded before being carried to hospital for treatment.
Along the same line, Radio Israel reported several Israeli extremists wrote racist slogans reading as “Death to Arabs” on the walls of a school in Akka in 1948 occupied Palestine.
In another event, local Palestinian sources reported that Israeli settlers smashed in the glass windows of a Palestinian home in the Old City in al-Khalil so as to pressure its Palestinian owner to abandon his house.
Settlers from the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar on Sunday chopped down more than 60 olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that a group of settlers raided a neighborhood known locally as Al-Luhuf and chopped down more than 60 olive trees using chainsaws in private fields in the village of Huwwara.
Ghassan Daghlas said that the fields belonged to Murad Tawfiq, Bashir Audah and his brother Audah as well as Nayif al-Zeifa.
The area around the villages south of Nablus is a frequent site of settler violence and Palestinian clashes with Israeli forces as it is located beside the notoriously violent Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.
In mid-February, local settlers threw rocks at Palestinian schoolchildren and attacked a local high school in two separate incidents that led to clashes.
Settlers frequently attack a number of local villages and prevent farmers from reaching their lands, according to UNOCHA, in addition to attacks on local olive trees themselves.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that a group of settlers raided a neighborhood known locally as Al-Luhuf and chopped down more than 60 olive trees using chainsaws in private fields in the village of Huwwara.
Ghassan Daghlas said that the fields belonged to Murad Tawfiq, Bashir Audah and his brother Audah as well as Nayif al-Zeifa.
The area around the villages south of Nablus is a frequent site of settler violence and Palestinian clashes with Israeli forces as it is located beside the notoriously violent Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.
In mid-February, local settlers threw rocks at Palestinian schoolchildren and attacked a local high school in two separate incidents that led to clashes.
Settlers frequently attack a number of local villages and prevent farmers from reaching their lands, according to UNOCHA, in addition to attacks on local olive trees themselves.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
20 apr 2014
Jewish settlers used hand saws and other sharp tools to chop down more than 100 olive trees in Ras Karkar village to the north west of Ramallah on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that the settlers claimed that they cut the trees because they owned the land that was confiscated to be their own property.
They added that the settlers were routinely attacking lands in Ras Karkar and other nearby villages at the pretext that they owned the land and that it was annexed to their settlement.
They added that the settlers were routinely attacking lands in Ras Karkar and other nearby villages at the pretext that they owned the land and that it was annexed to their settlement.
17 apr 2014
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian farmer in Nablus on Wednesday on suspicion of attempting to stab a settler after a group assaulted him and cut down his olive trees.
Palestinian security officials told Ma'an that settlers from Maale Levona assaulted Khalid Samih Daraghmah and his son while they were tending their trees south of Nablus near al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyah.
Jalal Daraghmah, 19, was brutally beaten during the attack.
The farmers filed a complaint at the Palestinian liaison department, who referred it to the Israeli office.
After reporting the assault, Israeli forces arrested Samih Daraghmah after claiming he had tried to stab one of the settlers.
In 2013, there were 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Over 90 percent of investigations into settler violence by Israeli police fail to lead to an indictment.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law
Palestinian security officials told Ma'an that settlers from Maale Levona assaulted Khalid Samih Daraghmah and his son while they were tending their trees south of Nablus near al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyah.
Jalal Daraghmah, 19, was brutally beaten during the attack.
The farmers filed a complaint at the Palestinian liaison department, who referred it to the Israeli office.
After reporting the assault, Israeli forces arrested Samih Daraghmah after claiming he had tried to stab one of the settlers.
In 2013, there were 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Over 90 percent of investigations into settler violence by Israeli police fail to lead to an indictment.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law
31 mar 2014
To mark the occasion of Land Day, one thousand olive saplings were planted on Palestinian land threatened with seizure by Israel in ‘Arraba, near Jenin, on Monday.
The saplings were jointly planted by the Palestinian Agricultural relief Committees (PARC) and ‘Arraba Municipality, in lands adjacent to Mabo Dothan settlement, WAFA reports.
Assistant Governor of Jenin, Kamal Abu al-Rub called for organizing more peaceful popular activities to confront settlement and land seizure, denouncing Israeli policies of building the expansionist apartheid wall in Yaʻbad and ‘Arraba.
Mayor ‘Arraba Rula al-Shaʻer underscored the importance of drawing up a national program for the purpose of reinforcing the Palestinians’ steadfastness, particularly in areas threatened with settlement expansion.
Coordinator of PARC Mohammad Jaradat stated that his association recruited two lawyers who would provide Palestinian farmers with the legal assistance required to protect their lands against being seized by Israeli settlers.
In Gaza, Israeli Forces, stationed at the borders of the Strip, Monday, opened fire on a group of Palestinian youngsters as they raised the Palestinian flag on the borders to the east of Khan Yunes, marking Land Day, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that a number of youth climbed the separation wall and raised the Palestinian flag, marking the day. Dozens of Palestinians also organized an activity to mark the day by planting olive trees near the borders.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers stationed at military towers along the borders opened live fire on the youth and launched tear gas canisters towards them, resulting in several suffocation cases.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that the Palestinians in the area were "tampering with the security fence."
"Soldiers opened fire into the air" and the Palestinians dispersed, she said.
Land Day marks the death of six Palestinian citizens of Israel, who took part in a general strike in protest of an Israeli decision to confiscate privately owned Palestinian lands on March 30, 1976.
Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the military has deemed off-limits to Palestinians.
According to OCHA, 17 percent of Gaza's total land area and 35 percent of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.
The saplings were jointly planted by the Palestinian Agricultural relief Committees (PARC) and ‘Arraba Municipality, in lands adjacent to Mabo Dothan settlement, WAFA reports.
Assistant Governor of Jenin, Kamal Abu al-Rub called for organizing more peaceful popular activities to confront settlement and land seizure, denouncing Israeli policies of building the expansionist apartheid wall in Yaʻbad and ‘Arraba.
Mayor ‘Arraba Rula al-Shaʻer underscored the importance of drawing up a national program for the purpose of reinforcing the Palestinians’ steadfastness, particularly in areas threatened with settlement expansion.
Coordinator of PARC Mohammad Jaradat stated that his association recruited two lawyers who would provide Palestinian farmers with the legal assistance required to protect their lands against being seized by Israeli settlers.
In Gaza, Israeli Forces, stationed at the borders of the Strip, Monday, opened fire on a group of Palestinian youngsters as they raised the Palestinian flag on the borders to the east of Khan Yunes, marking Land Day, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that a number of youth climbed the separation wall and raised the Palestinian flag, marking the day. Dozens of Palestinians also organized an activity to mark the day by planting olive trees near the borders.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers stationed at military towers along the borders opened live fire on the youth and launched tear gas canisters towards them, resulting in several suffocation cases.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that the Palestinians in the area were "tampering with the security fence."
"Soldiers opened fire into the air" and the Palestinians dispersed, she said.
Land Day marks the death of six Palestinian citizens of Israel, who took part in a general strike in protest of an Israeli decision to confiscate privately owned Palestinian lands on March 30, 1976.
Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the military has deemed off-limits to Palestinians.
According to OCHA, 17 percent of Gaza's total land area and 35 percent of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.
Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees in Qaryout village south of Nablus northern occupied West Bank on Sunday night. Eyewitnesses told the PIC correspondent that Israeli settlers from the neighboring Elie settlement sprayed incendiary materials on the olive trees then set them on fire.
The sources added that the villagers rushed to the scene to put out the fire.
Meanwhile, Israeli civil administration has handed over Monday a map confirming the confiscation of large areas of Qaryout and Jalud villages, south of Nablus, which are estimated at thousands of acres in favor of Israeli settlers and tourists.
Bashar Qaryouti, a member of Qaryout village council, confirmed that the map indicates the confiscation of thousands of acres of Qaryout and Jalud villages without providing limits for the confiscated areas, pointing out that Israeli authorities plan to turn the areas into archaeological and touristic gardens.
He stated that the village council is going to sue Israeli authorities for confiscating agricultural lands belonging to Palestinian farmers who still live in the village.
Qaryout village is surrounded by three major settlements and four settlement outposts.
The sources added that the villagers rushed to the scene to put out the fire.
Meanwhile, Israeli civil administration has handed over Monday a map confirming the confiscation of large areas of Qaryout and Jalud villages, south of Nablus, which are estimated at thousands of acres in favor of Israeli settlers and tourists.
Bashar Qaryouti, a member of Qaryout village council, confirmed that the map indicates the confiscation of thousands of acres of Qaryout and Jalud villages without providing limits for the confiscated areas, pointing out that Israeli authorities plan to turn the areas into archaeological and touristic gardens.
He stated that the village council is going to sue Israeli authorities for confiscating agricultural lands belonging to Palestinian farmers who still live in the village.
Qaryout village is surrounded by three major settlements and four settlement outposts.
30 mar 2014
A number of Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian olive orchard in Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and uprooted dozens of saplings.
Resident Mohammad Sabateen told the WAFA News Agency that, as he went to his orchard in Wadi Abu al-Hasan area, east of Husan, he found out that the settlers uprooted at least fifty olive saplings.
The orchard is located near the illegitimate Boaz settlement outpost, installed on private Palestinian property.
Sabateen added that, in February of this year, fanatic settlers invaded his orchard, and uprooted more than 60 olive saplings.
Israeli settlers are responsible for hundreds of attacks against Palestinian orchards and farmlands, in addition to flooding Palestinian farmlands with sewage.
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014, a number of extremist settlers invaded Palestinian olive orchards, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, uprooting more than 700 saplings.
Other attacks include defacing and burning several mosques and churches, attacking and defacing graves in Islamic and Christian graveyards, burning Palestinian-owned cars, slashing tires and writing racist graffiti, including anti-Islamic and anti-Christian graffiti.
The attacks took place in different parts of occupied Palestine, including occupied Jerusalem.
On Saturday evening, settlers attacked Palestinian homes and stores in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while Israeli soldiers attacked local residents and kidnapped three.
Resident Mohammad Sabateen told the WAFA News Agency that, as he went to his orchard in Wadi Abu al-Hasan area, east of Husan, he found out that the settlers uprooted at least fifty olive saplings.
The orchard is located near the illegitimate Boaz settlement outpost, installed on private Palestinian property.
Sabateen added that, in February of this year, fanatic settlers invaded his orchard, and uprooted more than 60 olive saplings.
Israeli settlers are responsible for hundreds of attacks against Palestinian orchards and farmlands, in addition to flooding Palestinian farmlands with sewage.
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014, a number of extremist settlers invaded Palestinian olive orchards, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, uprooting more than 700 saplings.
Other attacks include defacing and burning several mosques and churches, attacking and defacing graves in Islamic and Christian graveyards, burning Palestinian-owned cars, slashing tires and writing racist graffiti, including anti-Islamic and anti-Christian graffiti.
The attacks took place in different parts of occupied Palestine, including occupied Jerusalem.
On Saturday evening, settlers attacked Palestinian homes and stores in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while Israeli soldiers attacked local residents and kidnapped three.
