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Khirbet Yarza, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers set fire to pastureland, burning about 40 dunams

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Khirbet Yarza, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers set fire to pastureland, burning about 40 dunams

On Sunday, 18 August 2024, around 1:00 P.M., residents of Kh. Yarza saw two settlers setting fire to pastureland east of the community and leaving. Residents rushed to the site, but by the time they were able to put out the fire, it had consumed about 40 dunams of pastureland (1 dunam = 1,000 sq. meters).

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.