A Jewish settler on Wednesday evening assaulted a Palestinian elderly woman in Jit village west of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank while others stole olive crops in the southern town of Qaryut.
Activist Zakaria Sadah field coordinator at Rabbis for Human Rights reported that a settler from Havat Gilad outpost brutalized an old female farmer woman called Fatima Arman expelled her from her land under threat and ripped out bags of olives she was carrying into thorny bushes.
Sadah affirmed there was prior coordination with the Israeli military authorities to allow local farmers to access their lands in the area.
In another incident Sadah documented with photos widespread acts of sabotage committed by settlers in olive groves in Qaryut town south of Nablus.
He said that a group of settlers made off with a large number of olive fruits from dozens of trees in the area accusing the Israeli police of being lenient with settlers who commit crimes against Palestinian farmers and their lands in the West Bank.
He added that the police released a settler notorious for stealing olive crops from Palestinian groves a few days ago and only decided to give him a written order prohibiting him from getting near Palestinian agricultural areas during the olive harvest season.
