A number of armed extremist Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian olive orchard in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday (25/5) before spraying the trees with dangerous chemicals, causing the trees to die.
“A number of settlers came from the Yitzahar nearby illegal settlement, and killed 103 olive trees by spraying them with dangerous chemicals,” Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli settlement file in the northern part of the West Bank said, as International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) and Maan reported monitored by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).
Daghlas added that the olive trees are located in the Al-Halouf area, in Burin. The attacked orchards belong to two residents Barakat Ghaleb and Taiseer An-Najjar, both from Burin.
The official further stated that experts of the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture arrived at the scene, examined the trees and confirmed that the settlers used very dangerous chemicals.
The attack is similar to a dozens of attacks in which the settlers flooded Palestinian orchards with waste-water, in addition to burning orchards, farmlands and uprooting trees in different part of the occupied West Bank.
Daghlas added that the olive trees are located in the Al-Halouf area, in Burin. The attacked orchards belong to two residents Barakat Ghaleb and Taiseer An-Najjar, both from Burin.
The official further stated that experts of the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture arrived at the scene, examined the trees and confirmed that the settlers used very dangerous chemicals.
The attack is similar to a dozens of attacks in which the settlers flooded Palestinian orchards with waste-water, in addition to burning orchards, farmlands and uprooting trees in different part of the occupied West Bank.
Such attacks impinge on Palestinians by Israeli illegal settlers, especially who lives in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli settlements in the occupied territories (commonly referred to as simply Israeli settlements) are the Jewish civilian communities built on lands occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and in the Golan Heights.
The settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are built either on part of the proposed Arab state, or on part of the proposed Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem. Both were originally proposed by the Plan of Partition attached to Resolution 181(II) of the General Assembly of 29 November 1947.
Settlements also existed in the Sinai and Gaza Strip until Israel evacuated the Sinai settlements following the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace agreement and unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Israel dismantled 18 settlements in the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, and all 21 in the Gaza Strip and 4 in the West Bank in 2005.
But continues to both expand its settlements and settle new areas in the West Bank in spite of the Oslo Accords, which specified in article 31 that neither side would take any step that would change the status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip pending the outcome of the permanent status negotiations. However, Israeli settlement expansion has continued unabated.
The international community considers the settlements in occupied territory to be illegal. Israeli neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and communities in the Golan Heights, areas which have been annexed by Israel, are also considered settlements by the international community, which does not recognise Israel's annexations of these territories.
The United Nations has repeatedly upheld the view that Israel's construction of settlements constitutes violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.[11][12] The International Court of Justice also says these settlements are illegal, and no foreign government supports Israel's settlements.
In April 2012, UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, in response to moves by Israel to legalise Israeli outposts, reiterated that all settlement activity is illegal, and "runs contrary to Israel's obligations under the Road Map and repeated Quartet calls for the parties to refrain from provocations." Similar criticism was advanced by the EU and the US. Israel disputes the position of the international community and the legal arguments that were used to declare the settlements illegal.
The ongoing expansion of existing settlements by Israel and the construction of settlement outposts is frequently criticized as an obstacle to thepeace process by the Palestinians and third parties, including the United Nations, Russia, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States.
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