Settlers force Palestinian farmers to leave their lands in the town of Kafr al-Deek

Today, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in the town of Kafr al-Deek, west of the city of Salfit in the West Bank, and uprooted old olive trees.

The mayor of Kafr Al Dik, Muhamed Naji, explained to Wafa Agency news that settlers stormed into the olive fields north and west of the town, attacked the Palestinian farmers while they were harvesting the olives, forced them to leave their lands, and uprooted 10 of old trees. He indicated that the attacks of the occupation forces and settlers during olives harvest prevented the farmers from reaching more than of 1500 dunums of their agricultural land in the town.

The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority revealed in a report issued on the 22nd of this month that the occupation forces and its settlers had carried out 333 attacks against olive pickers in the West Bank since the start of the season early last month.

Souha Suleiman