16 aug 2020
Israeli occupation bulldozers embarked today on razing Palestinian-owned lands, under the pretext of opening a road, near the village of Shufa, southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, local sources said.
Tahseen Hamed, a local activist, told WAFA that seven bulldozers are currently working on razing the aforementioned area, planted with olive and almond trees, under the pretext of opening a road, which is most likely going to serve Israeli settlers exclusively.
He added that the ownership of the lands belongs to Palestinian families from the village, who have legal and official documents proving their ownership, adding that the area is among hundreds of dunums of land in the Tulkarm Governorate slated for confiscation by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Tahseen Hamed, a local activist, told WAFA that seven bulldozers are currently working on razing the aforementioned area, planted with olive and almond trees, under the pretext of opening a road, which is most likely going to serve Israeli settlers exclusively.
He added that the ownership of the lands belongs to Palestinian families from the village, who have legal and official documents proving their ownership, adding that the area is among hundreds of dunums of land in the Tulkarm Governorate slated for confiscation by the Israeli occupation authorities.
15 aug 2020
Illegal Israeli settlers uprooted today dozens of olive saplings belonging to Palestinian villagers in the village of Asira ash-Shamaliya, to the north of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, according to a local source.
Naser Jawabreh, in charge of the Ministry of Information office in Nablus, told WAFA that settlers, protected by an army escort, broke into an agricultural area in the vicinity of the village, before they embarked on uprooting the olive saplings that have been planted by Palestinian activists in the area, which is facing an Israeli threat of confiscation.
He said that settlers yesterday attempted to set up tents in the same area, but were confronted by local citizens who forced them to leave the area.
Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the occupied West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by the occupation authorities.
There are more than 450 thousand Jewish settlers living in the occupied Palestinian Territory in violation of international law.
Naser Jawabreh, in charge of the Ministry of Information office in Nablus, told WAFA that settlers, protected by an army escort, broke into an agricultural area in the vicinity of the village, before they embarked on uprooting the olive saplings that have been planted by Palestinian activists in the area, which is facing an Israeli threat of confiscation.
He said that settlers yesterday attempted to set up tents in the same area, but were confronted by local citizens who forced them to leave the area.
Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the occupied West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by the occupation authorities.
There are more than 450 thousand Jewish settlers living in the occupied Palestinian Territory in violation of international law.
11 aug 2020
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Palestinian olive orchards near Wad Rahhal village, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and uprooted more than 100 saplings.
Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, has reported that the soldiers uprooted more than 100 olive saplings in a 2.5 Dunams orchard.
Breijiyya added that the orchard is owned by Amer Abu Zaghrit, and that the soldiers also demolished retaining walls surrounding his land.
The official also stated that, despite the Israeli allegation that the area is assigned as “archeological,” Israel is planning to annex 1200 Dunams from their Palestinian owners, to build a new illegal colony.
Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, has reported that the soldiers uprooted more than 100 olive saplings in a 2.5 Dunams orchard.
Breijiyya added that the orchard is owned by Amer Abu Zaghrit, and that the soldiers also demolished retaining walls surrounding his land.
The official also stated that, despite the Israeli allegation that the area is assigned as “archeological,” Israel is planning to annex 1200 Dunams from their Palestinian owners, to build a new illegal colony.
5 aug 2020
A group of Israeli settlers on Wednesday chopped off a number of Palestinian-owned olive trees in Kafr ad-Dik town in the West Bank district of Salfit.
Zaher Taha, the owner of the destroyed trees, said in press statements that a group of Israeli settlers from Brukhin settlement stormed his farmland and cut down 15 olive trees which he planted 4-6 years ago.
Taha said that this attack is not the first of its kind, explaining that settler gangs constantly attack his farmland and wreak havoc on it.
The Palestinian farmer added that in 2011 the Israeli occupation forces destroyed some of his equipment and demolished an over 100-year-old water well which he used for irrigation.
Settler attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property is commonplace in the West Bank, and they are rarely investigated by the Israeli authorities.
Zaher Taha, the owner of the destroyed trees, said in press statements that a group of Israeli settlers from Brukhin settlement stormed his farmland and cut down 15 olive trees which he planted 4-6 years ago.
Taha said that this attack is not the first of its kind, explaining that settler gangs constantly attack his farmland and wreak havoc on it.
The Palestinian farmer added that in 2011 the Israeli occupation forces destroyed some of his equipment and demolished an over 100-year-old water well which he used for irrigation.
Settler attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property is commonplace in the West Bank, and they are rarely investigated by the Israeli authorities.
25 july 2020
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Dozens of illegal Jewish settlers entered today an agricultural land near the village of Huwara, south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, and set fire to Palestinian-owned olive and almond trees, according to local sources.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the area, told WAFA that a group of settlers set fire to agricultural land belonging to farmers from the village, destroying olive and almond trees as fire flames engulfed the land. Illegal Israeli settlers are notorious for violence against Palestinians and their property, and are almost never prosecuted by the occupation authorities. There are about 750,000 illegal Israeli settlers living in Jewish-only settlements across the occupied Palestinian Territory, in blatant disregard of international law and the Fourth Geneva Conventions. |
22 july 2020
A horde of Israeli settlers on Tuesday afternoon torched large areas of Palestinian land in Madama village in the West Bank district of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses reported that the fire destroyed dozens of olive trees owned by Palestinian citizens in Madama and neighboring villages.
They said that Israeli occupation forces deliberately hindered the work of Palestinian civil defense crews who rushed to the scene to put out the fire and fired tear gas canisters at them.
Madama residents said that a few days ago, the same Israeli settler group, who come from Yitzhar Settlement, seized a water well in their village and set up a pump to steal water from it and transfer it to their houses.
Settler violations are almost a daily occurrence in the West Bank, and Madama village in Nablus is one of the hardest-hit areas.
Eyewitnesses reported that the fire destroyed dozens of olive trees owned by Palestinian citizens in Madama and neighboring villages.
They said that Israeli occupation forces deliberately hindered the work of Palestinian civil defense crews who rushed to the scene to put out the fire and fired tear gas canisters at them.
Madama residents said that a few days ago, the same Israeli settler group, who come from Yitzhar Settlement, seized a water well in their village and set up a pump to steal water from it and transfer it to their houses.
Settler violations are almost a daily occurrence in the West Bank, and Madama village in Nablus is one of the hardest-hit areas.
21 july 2020
Israeli forces uprooted this morning more than 200 olive trees in the village of Deir Istiya, west of the northern West Bank city of Salfit, according to local sources.
They told WAFA that the soldiers uprooted 220 trees that were planted on 12 dunums of land owned by a local resident and located in Area C, which is under full Israeli army rule.
The owner and residents were not allowed to reach the area during the army uprooting of the trees, said the sources. video
Israel does not allow Palestinian development in Area C of the West Bank, which makes up over 60 percent of its area.
They told WAFA that the soldiers uprooted 220 trees that were planted on 12 dunums of land owned by a local resident and located in Area C, which is under full Israeli army rule.
The owner and residents were not allowed to reach the area during the army uprooting of the trees, said the sources. video
Israel does not allow Palestinian development in Area C of the West Bank, which makes up over 60 percent of its area.
19 july 2020
Hours after a group of hardcore Israeli settlers torched fields planted with crops near the village of Beita in the north of the occupied West Bank, another group of fanatic settlers torched hundreds of olive trees in the nearby villages of Burin and Madama, according to a local source. video
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of the settlement file in Nablus district, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, nearby, torched hundreds of olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers from the two villages.
The attack came shortly after hundreds of dunums of agricultural land was set on fire by fanatic settlers in nearby Beita village.
Arson attacks by Israeli settlers increase during the hot summer season when dry grass has grown in many areas surrounding the illegal Jewish-only settlements. These attacks often go unpunished by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of the settlement file in Nablus district, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, nearby, torched hundreds of olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers from the two villages.
The attack came shortly after hundreds of dunums of agricultural land was set on fire by fanatic settlers in nearby Beita village.
Arson attacks by Israeli settlers increase during the hot summer season when dry grass has grown in many areas surrounding the illegal Jewish-only settlements. These attacks often go unpunished by the Israeli occupation authorities.
18 july 2020
A horde of Jewish settlers on Thursday evening wreaked havoc on olive groves and stole agricultural equipment in Qaryut town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources that Jewish settlers chopped off and uprooted dozens of olive trees on Palestinian-owned lands near the illegal settlement of Shvut Rachel.
Shvut Rachel settlers always walk through Palestinian olive groves in order to reach other settler communities around their settlement.
Earlier, settlers from the illegal settlement of Eli cut off a number of olive trees using chainsaws in al-Khilla area to the west of Qaryut village.
According to local sources that Jewish settlers chopped off and uprooted dozens of olive trees on Palestinian-owned lands near the illegal settlement of Shvut Rachel.
Shvut Rachel settlers always walk through Palestinian olive groves in order to reach other settler communities around their settlement.
Earlier, settlers from the illegal settlement of Eli cut off a number of olive trees using chainsaws in al-Khilla area to the west of Qaryut village.
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A horde of Jewish settlers on Friday chopped off several olive trees in Kafr al-Labad town near Tulkarem, while others placed prefabricated homes on a mount in Beita town in southern Nablus.
According to local sources in Tulkarem, settlers from the illegal settlement of Avnei Hefetz and Dyrban chopped off dozens of olive trees using chainsaws in Kafr al-Labad town. Dozens of perennial olive trees belonging to the sons of Adel Baker were among the trees which was destroyed by the settlers In a separate incident, a gang of settlers on the same day deployed many |
prefabricated homes on Mount Subaih in Beita town in southern Nablus a few hours after pitching tents in the same area.
