One of the trees whose branches were broken. Photo courtesy of the residents
On 31 December 2021, villager residents discovered that settlers had broken the branches of eight lemon trees and five olive trees on farmland east of the village.
Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.