West Bank: 12 terrorist attacks by settlers and the Israeli army against olive farmers

The Palestinian Authority's Commission for Resisting the Wall and Settlement documented 12 terrorist attacks by settlers and the Israeli army against olive farmers in 5 governorates in the occupied West Bank within 12 hours, including the arrest of 14 foreign activists, injuries to farmers, theft of crops, and vandalism of trees.

The Palestinian Authority's Commission for Resisting the Wall and Settlement documented on Thursday 12 incidents of settler and Israeli army terrorism against olive farmers and their property in 5 governorates in the occupied West Bank within 12 hours. The incidents included the arrest of 14 foreign activists, injuries to farmers from beatings and pepper spray, as well as theft of crops, vandalism of trees, and bulldozing of agricultural land. The attacks were distributed across the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bireh, Hebron, Nablus, Salfit, and Jenin, amid an escalation of settler terrorism and Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank. In Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, settlers attacked olive pickers in the town of Kafr Malik northeast of the city, infiltrated citizens' lands, chased farmers, and let their livestock graze on agricultural lands. In the village of Al-Lubban al-Gharbi northwest of Ramallah city, settlers expelled olive pickers and foreign activists from their lands, detained 14 foreign activists and their phones before the Israeli police were called and arrested them all. In Nablus governorate, settlers stormed agricultural lands in the Jabal al-Armah area in the town of Beita and prevented residents from accessing them.