IOF attacks farmers confiscates equipment in Jordan Valley
Wednesday-6-September-2017
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday attacked Palestinian farmers in the northern Jordan Valley and confiscated equipment used for pumping water to agricultural lands local sources reported.Mu'taz Bsharat who is in charge of the settlement file in the Jordan Valley said in statements to Quds Press that an Israeli army force accompanied by officials from the co-called Planning and Building Committee broke into Bardala area searched for water holes and blocked them.Bsharat pointed out that the IOF detained a group of Palestinian farmers while they were working in their lands in al-Ras al-Ahmar area and took them for interrogation before releasing them after a while.He affirmed that such attacks fall in line with Israeli attempts to pressure Palestinian farmers to abandon their lands which then will be an easy target for Israel's settlement expansion projects.According to a number of international and humanitarian institutions Israel continues to crack down on Pales
