West Bank & Jerusalem
Israeli rabbi urges settlers to steal Palestinian olive crops in West Bank
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Israeli Rabbi Dov Lior issued a ruling permitting settlers to harvest olives from Palestinian orchards in the occupied West Bank, Shehab Wire reported. Lior based the directive on claims that Palestinian farmers abandoned their fruit after being prevented from accessing their land.
The ruling effectively authorizes the confiscation of crops from Palestinian agricultural land, a practice that compounds restrictions already placed on farmers' movement and access to their property in the territory.
