13 apr 2020
For the second week in a row, Israeli settlers from the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc today opened the wastewater drains to flood Palestinian farmlands in nearby Beit Ummar village in the south of the West Bank, according to Mohammad Awad, a local activist.
He told WAFA that the wastewater flooded the farms planted with grape vines in a step that the settlers intentionally repeat every year to destroy the crops causing serious damage and financial losses to the farmers.
The land is estimated at 20 dunums in area and owned by two local families.
He told WAFA that the wastewater flooded the farms planted with grape vines in a step that the settlers intentionally repeat every year to destroy the crops causing serious damage and financial losses to the farmers.
The land is estimated at 20 dunums in area and owned by two local families.
5 apr 2020
Illegal Jewish settlers today flooded sewage into Palestinian-owned farms planted with grapes near the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the south of the West Bank, said a local source.
Mohammad Awad, a local activist, told WAFA that extremist settlers from Gush Etzion settlement bloc, located near the town, flooded their sewage into the grape-planted farms with the aim of damaging crops. video
He said today's flooding of sewage is only an episode in a series of assaults by Jewish settlers which are often noticeable during this time of the year, usually ending up with the destruction of hundreds of trees.
Attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinians and their belongings are a common practice in the occupied West Bank, and are rarely prosecuted by the Israeli authorities. Under signed agreements, the Palestinian Authority has no jurisdiction over Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Mohammad Awad, a local activist, told WAFA that extremist settlers from Gush Etzion settlement bloc, located near the town, flooded their sewage into the grape-planted farms with the aim of damaging crops. video
He said today's flooding of sewage is only an episode in a series of assaults by Jewish settlers which are often noticeable during this time of the year, usually ending up with the destruction of hundreds of trees.
Attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinians and their belongings are a common practice in the occupied West Bank, and are rarely prosecuted by the Israeli authorities. Under signed agreements, the Palestinian Authority has no jurisdiction over Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.
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