Escalation of Settler and Occupation Attacks on Farmers and Olive Trees in the West Bank

Attacks by settlers and Israeli occupation forces on Palestinian farmers and their lands in the West Bank are escalating during the olive harvest season, including cutting off electricity to homes, expelling farmers from their lands, preventing them from harvesting their crops, uprooting hundreds of olive trees, and bulldozing agricultural land.

Attacks by settlers and Israeli occupation forces on Palestinian farmers and their lands in the West Bank are escalating during the olive harvest season. The attacks include cutting off electricity to the home of the Sofan family in the town of Burin, south of Nablus, near the Yitzhar settlement, and expelling olive pickers from the Sha'ib area in the town of Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus, preventing them from continuing to work on their land. Occupation forces also expelled farmers from the Al-Ashar area east of the town of Beit Furik and threatened to confiscate the olive harvest, according to the Al-Bayder human rights organization. The organization indicates that these measures hinder farmers' access to their lands and the benefit from their crops, threatening the income sources of Palestinian families during the harvest season. The article covers a recurring pattern of escalation during the olive season, without providing specific figures on the number of uprooted trees or the area of damaged land, and without citing official Israeli sources.