Israeli occupation forces banned on Friday morning Palestinian farmers from entering their olive groves near Israel’s illegal settlement outpost of Ariel north of Salfit province.
Eye-witnesses said Israeli security guards forced Palestinian farmers out of the area on claims that they do not hold permits to enter their cultivated lands.
Researcher Khaled Maali said Palestinian farmers across Salfit are often prevented by the Israeli military and settler gangs from reaching their olive groves to irrigate their full-grown trees in anticipation of the olive-picking season.
