Almond Tree Planting Interrupted by Israeli Soldiers

Almond Tree Planting Interrupted by Israeli Soldiers

International Solidarity Movement

13 February 2010

Saturday morning around 9am, Palestinian residents of the Jubbet adh Dhib Village, south east of Bethlehem, were planting almond trees on their limited land when settlers from the nearby illegal outpost of Noqedim called the Israeli soldiers to stop them from doing so.

The soldiers arrived quickly, but didn’t do anything before their commander arrived half an hour later with a paper stating that the area was a closed military zone. Meanwhile, the settlers tried … Continue reading