AL-KHALIL (Palestine Foundation Information Center) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers wreaked havoc on an olive grove belonging to a Palestinian farmer in Susya village, east of Masafer Yatta in southern al-Khalil, on Monday.
Mohamed Makhamra, a farmer from Susya, reported that a group of settlers infiltrated into his grove and destroyed about 200 olive trees that had been planted eight years ago.
“I rely on farming as a primary source of income, but I face repeated attacks from settlers, including physical violence and destruction of trees,” Makhamra said.
Makhamra added that the settlers aim to render his land barren by destroying its trees, so they can justify seizing it under the pretext that it is uncultivated.
This incident came less than 24 hours after a similar attack in the northern West Bank, where settlers uprooted and damaged around 180 olive and citrus trees in Azzun town, east of Qalqilya.
