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Jewish colonists assault Palestinians during olive harvest, stealing fruit

By Mays Al-Azza – IMEMC & Agencies – October 13, 2010
Ma’an news has recorded photographic evidence of the settlers attacking the Palestinians  in the olive groves in Boreen

Palestinian sources reported, on Wednesday, that settlers have attacked the Palestinians olive groves in Boreen village, in the southern part of Nablus. The attack comes at the beginning of this year’s olive harvest.

One Palestinian farmer stated that more than fifty settlers from Aitsear settlement in the southern part of Nablus, attacked and hit him with stones, resulting in wounds to his back, in an attack attempting to steal his horse. He added that they stole two bags of olive and many tools from his land.

Ghassan Doughlass, a Palestinian official in charge of settlement activity in the North of the West Bank, stated that it is not the first time that settlers attack the Palestinian olive orchard.

He noted that many attacks have occurred in the villages surrounding Nablus, such as Yanon, Amaten, Orta and Far’ta, especially after an Israeli rabbi had made an advisory opinion that allows settlers to steal olives. Doughlass added that settlers had cut the trees after they picked all the olives.

The olive harvest is an important season for the Palestinians, with the harvest producing significant quantities of foodstuff for the Palestinian peoples and being the mainstay of the West Bank’s economy.

October 13, 2010 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Illegal Occupation

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