The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly denounced the settlers’ persistence in attacking Palestinian citizens their homes and their agricultural properties in the West Bank.
“The settlers under the protection of the Israeli army persist in their attacks and provocative actions especially their assaults on farmers their stealing of olive fruits and the burning of trees” the ministry stated in a press release on Saturday.
“They also continue to occupy Palestinian houses every once in a while and attack homes and lands in the Jordan Valley and West Bank villages especially those in isolated areas” the ministry added.
It also accused settlers of having stolen olive fruits from about 6000 trees since the beginning of the harvest season in addition to the destruction of hundreds of fruitful trees of different types.
The ministry held the Israeli government fully responsible for providing protection for settlers’ aggressive practices in the West Bank describing its attitude towards such violations as “organized state terrorism.”
