One of the olive saplings cut down by settlers on Bassam Zabaynah’s land. Photo courtesy of Zabaynah, 30 Oct. 2022
On Sunday, 30 October 2022, Bassam Zabaynah (55) went to his land, which lies southeast of Tarqumya and south of Route 35, and discovered that settlers had uprooted and cut down 60 three-year-old olive saplings.
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.