RAMALLAH, (PIC)
A horde of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to swaths of agricultural land in the northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, provoking clashes with local residents on Tuesday.
According to local sources, dozens of settlers set alight vast tracts of Palestinian-owned land in the area between the villages of al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah.
Soon later, local residents rushed to the area to fend off the settlers, who received protection from Israeli soldiers.
Settlers violently attack West Bank Palestinians several times a day – at times armed gangs of settlers rampage through Palestinian villages – supported by the Israeli occupation army.
