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Activists: Soldiers stop farmers working on land

Ma’an – 10/06/2011

HEBRON — Israeli soldiers on Thursday prevented Palestinian farmers from working on their land near Hebron in the southern West Bank, rights activists said.

Israeli soldiers, accompanied by dogs, forced farmers from Beit Ummar to leave their fields near the illegal Bat Ayin settlement, where they were harvesting vine leaves and pears, Palestinian Center for Human Rights official Hesham Sharabati said.

In the same area on Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers stopped Mohammad Da’dush, 85, from spraying pesticides on his crops and seized his pump, Sharabati said.

Sharabati, his colleague Fahmi Shahin and popular committee spokesman Mohammad Awad went to the area to follow up on the complaints.

They said four soldiers appeared shortly after their arrival and took their ID cards, claiming the rights workers had entered a closed military zone.

Many more soldiers then arrived at the scene and surrounded the area, Sharabati said.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was not familiar with any incidents in the area.

Meanwhile, settlers from the nearby illegal Karmi Zur set fire to fields planted with wheat and grape vines belonging to Ali Ayyad Awad, the local popular committee spokesman said.

Mohammad Awad said the torched land was near the wall separating Beit Ummar from the settlement. He said settlers, accompanied by soldiers, prevented farmers from extinguishing the fire.

June 10, 2011 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Subjugation - Torture

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