Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from reaping wheat crops in Jaloud

Israeli occupation forces prevented Palestinian farmers in Jaloud village south of Nablus from picking wheat harvest for the second year running.

Speaking with PIC, Palestinian farmer Ibrahim Haj Mohamed said Israeli forces on Monday evening banned him from reaping his wheat crops and summoned him to questioning at the Beit El camp.

He said the Israeli authorities ordered that harvest picking be halted until otherwise decided.

Israeli forces banned farmers from reaping wheat harvests across a 250-dunum area in Jaloud and forced them out of their lands.

Activist Ghassan Dughlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern occupied West Bank, said Israeli police detained the farmers for over two hours and forced them out of their lands.