Ramallah
The Israeli authorities issued 20 military orders preventing Palestinians from entering olive gardens in the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian official.
Walid Assaf, the head of the National Committee to Resist the Wall and Settlements affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization, told Anadolu Agency Monday that the Israeli authorities issued the decisions preventing Palestinians from entering their own lands “despite the attacks of Jewish settlers on agricultural lands belonging to Palestinians.”
Assaf stressed that the decision mainly targets Palestinian landowners. He pointed out that based on these decisions, Israel aimed to seize hundreds of acres of Palestinian lands.
While there was no comment from Israeli authorities on the official’s claims yet, they generally explain such steps citing “security reasons”. Since the olive harvest began on Oct. 7, Jewish settlers have been carrying out attacks against the farmers in various places in the occupied West Bank.—APP
