Israeli settlers targeting Palestinian factories to force workers off land
Rising Israeli settler violence targets Palestinian industrial facilities across the occupied West Bank, aiming to paralyse the local economy and force mass displacement. A massive fire, believed to have been started by Israeli settlers, has destroyed olive trees and farmland in the occupied West Bank.
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- Fact 1: A blaze broke out near the al-Omari aluminium factory in the village of Ein Siniya, north of Ramallah, on Monday morning, spreading to roughly 50 dunams (12.3 acres) of perennial olive trees and causing damage to the industrial facility’s yard.
- Fact 2: A stone crusher was severely damaged in the attack and caused an estimated $700,000 in losses.
- Fact 3: Khaled al-Zaarir in the town of as-Samu, south of Hebron, told Al Jazeera that about 30 settlers attacked an industrial facility he owned there on August 21, following repeated death threats by the group.
- Fact 4: A fire started by the settlers left more than 90 percent of the heavy equipment “unrepairable”, and the damage has affected 55 people who relied on the facility as a direct or indirect source of income.
Rising Israeli settler violence targets Palestinian industrial facilities across the occupied West Bank, aiming to paralyse the local economy and force mass displacement. A massive fire, believed to have been started by Israeli settlers, has destroyed olive trees and farmland in the occupied West Bank.
A blaze broke out near the al-Omari aluminium factory in the village of Ein Siniya, north of Ramallah, on Monday morning, spreading to roughly 50 dunams (12.3 acres) of perennial olive trees and causing damage to the industrial facility’s yard. How Israel’s Netanyahu weaponises religion in his war rhetoric Israeli forces raid UNRWA training centre in occupied East Jerusalem Palestine weekly: After Kushner departs, Israel escalates Gaza attacks Israeli restrictions cause fuel shortage in occupied West Bank It comes amid a settler campaign targeting the West Bank economy, including farmland and industry, in a bid to displace Palestinians, sources told Al Jazeera. Emad Khater, the head of Ein Siniya council, told Al Jazeera that a settler from the Atara hilltops was seen close to the facility before the fire started.
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