On Sunday, settlers carried out a series of new attacks in various areas of the West Bank, including cutting olive trees and stealing Palestinian property, in a new escalation added to the record of settlement violations.
Palestinian sources reported that settlers stormed the Khalat al-Sidra area in the village of Mukhmas north of occupied Jerusalem on Saturday, where they cut down 40 olive trees, as part of the repeated attacks on Palestinian agricultural lands.
The sources indicated that the settlers recently established a settlement outpost near Mukhmas, which is used as a launching point to plan and execute attacks on farmers and their property.
In a related context, the town of Turmus Ayya north of Ramallah witnessed settlers breaking into citizens' homes, where they stole main doors from villas under construction, causing significant material damage to the residents.
The same sources mentioned that these attacks come after settlers stormed the lands in the town last Friday and plowed areas for the benefit of the settlement outpost recently established west of the town.
This escalation comes amid official statements that revealed the extent of settlement violations against Palestinians, as a report by the Anti-Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission for last November revealed that settlers carried out 485 acts of vandalism and theft, including uprooting and poisoning about 1,986 trees, of which 466 were olive trees in the governorates of Nablus, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Salfit, Hebron, Qalqilya, and Jenin, with the participation and support of the occupation army in some cases.
These attacks are part of a systematic settlement pattern targeting Palestinian agricultural lands and property, which increases tension in the West Bank areas and doubles the suffering of farmers and local residents.
The settlers recently established a settlement outpost near Mukhmas, which is used as a launching point to plan and execute attacks.
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Settlers Cut 40 Olive Trees and Steal Homes in Jerusalem