Israeli gov’t provided $4m to illegal settler farms in 2023: Watchdog
The Israeli government last year financed 68 settler farms in the occupied West Bank with more than $4m, a new report says. Settler-monitoring group Peace Now said the funds were used for drones, cars, cameras, and fences, among other “security” equipment.
The Israeli army approved the money and chose which farms would receive the cash, it said.
“Not only does the Israeli government allow settlers to take over lands, establish outposts and farms in violation of the law, and attack and displace Palestinians without any response, it also funds and assists them,” said a Peace Now statement. “Settler violence is not a bug; it is a feature.”
Israeli settlers set olive groves ablaze near Nablus
Israeli settlers have set fire to olive groves in the village of Burin, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Footage posted online and verified by Al Jazeera showed smoke billowing across a vast area dotted with trees.
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Palestinians in Tulkarem assess damages, bid loved ones farewell after Israeli raid
Palestinians have gone out to the streets to assess damages and to bid farewell to their loved ones killed in an Israeli raid into the town of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
Several of the town’s roads were upturned and underground water pipes were damaged, leaving huge puddles of water in the roads. No water services are available to those neighbourhoods for the time being.
“Houses, and shops. They try to destroy the infrastructure of the camp so that people will leave the camps, get exiled like in 1948, or 1967, but we will not, we will remain here on our lands until we free our lands and country,” a resident who did not disclose her name told Reuters news agency.
The Israeli raids ended with seven Palestinians killed, including a woman and her daughter, according to Palestinian officials.
An Israeli military spokesperson said an air strike hit armed militants operating in the area.
Thirteen-year-old boy shot by Israeli forces in Meithalun has died: Wafa
The Palestinian news agency Wafa has reported that Saif Ziad Ali Ameer, who was shot by Israeli forces during a raid on Meithalun on July 11, has died.
Wafa reported he had been shot in the chest.
The announcement comes hours after an Israeli raid killed five in Tulkarem, including a mother and her daughter.
