The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning closed a Palestinian agricultural road to the northwest of the West Bank city of Salfit.
Palestinian farmers reported that they were surprised by the closure of the only agricultural road in the northern area of the city.
Anti-settlement researcher Khaled Ma’ali said that the blocked road serves dozens of Palestinian farmers from Haris and Kifl Haris towns.
Ma’ali added that this move is aimed at pushing Palestinian farmers to abandon their lands in favor of the expansion of the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel.
He pointed out that the IOF had razed vast tracts of Palestinian farmlands in the northern and western areas of Salfit with the aim of making Ariel settlement the capital of “Samaria” according to senior Israeli officials which blatantly violates international law.
