Israeli occupation forces attacked and bulldozed large areas of Palestinian agricultural land in the occupied West Bank at dawn today.
Head of Atouf Village Council Abdullah Bisharat confirmed that soldiers swept into Palestinian territorial grounds in Um Kbeish, located near the town of Tammun, south of Tubas, in the north-eastern West Bank.
Authorities called on officers to uproot and destroy 300 olive trees and hundreds of dunams of Palestinian farmlands.
Israeli occupation forces attacked and bulldozed large areas of #Palestinian agricultural land in the occupied West Bank at dawn today.
Head of Atouf Village Council Abdullah Bisharat confirmed that soldiers swept into #Palestinian territorial …https://t.co/fa7VcSZlFs pic.twitter.com/hFmNSOAeAj— ⓵ⒷⓊⓋ?? (@_1BUV) September 12, 2019
Bisharat added that four water wells, used by the farmers for irrigation, were also demolished. Palestinians were given no prior warning of the demolition.
The area has been a frequent target of military raids since June when two wells and a dozen olive trees were bulldozed. Palestinian human rights organization Al Haq noted that documents proving ownership of Palestinian land has allowed landowners to plant olive trees since 2012.
Israeli occupation forces uproot scores of olive trees and destroy water wells in Um Kbeish area, south of Tubas pic.twitter.com/ccjAVVtiD4
— Palestine Live (@pallive_en) September 12, 2019
Local farmers are barred from tending to their land under the pretext that the area has been classed “a nature reserve” by occupation authorities.
Zionist war on naturehttps://t.co/tfWRuhr6iV
— K_Butchart (@butchart_k) May 27, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already starting to follow through on his promise to annex the Jordan Valley, Bisharat said in response to the occupation’s latest action.
Earlier this week Netanyahu pledged to annex the Jordan Valley should he win a new term in office next week.
(Middle East Monitor, PC, Social Media)
