Violent clashes erupted on Thursday afternoon after extremist settlers set fire to agricultural land in Bourin town south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank.
Head of Bourin council Raed al-Najjar told the PIC reporter that a group of fanatic settlers of a nearby settlement outpost torched olive trees and agricultural lands east of the town.
Clashes broke out when the inhabitants rushed to the area in order to confront the attacking settlers. Meanwhile Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at the Palestinian protesters.
