"Faz'ah": 800 foreign activists help West Bank residents confront settler terrorism

About 800 foreign activists are participating in the "Faz'ah" campaign to help Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank confront escalating settler terrorism. Israel has arrested 11 activists and deported 12 others, despite their holding American and European citizenships. Campaign coordinator Muhammad Matar told Anadolu Agency that Israel arrested 11 foreign solidarity activists in the Al-Bawayir area of the Masafer Yatta settlement cluster in the Hebron governorate in the southern West Bank, and deported 12 activists from the village of Kafr Ni'ma west of Ramallah. He added that those arrested in Masafer Yatta hold Italian, German, American, and Hungarian citizenships, while the group deported from Kafr Ni'ma included citizens from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Matar noted that Israeli measures also targeted Italian journalists and led to the arrest of an unspecified number of Palestinian farmers and local community members. The "Faz'ah" campaign is a Palestinian volunteer initiative that attracts foreign solidarity activists from various countries to support farmers and targeted population clusters in the occupied West Bank. The campaign began its activities on September 28 and continues until the end of November, after preparations that lasted about four months.