Ahmad Droubi and his 80 year old father, Mahmoud, were refused access to their olive groves located within the illegal settlement of Avne Hefez for the third time this week, despite having received prior permission from Israeli authorities. Private security guards at the settlement refused to allow the farmers, accompanied by international activists, entry to the settlement – first denying them entry outright, and then telling the farmers that they would be allowed to enter the…

The village of Shufa in Tulkarem has been without electricity for the sixth day in a row, after the municipality generators, which are the only power source for the village, burnt out. Shufa has inexplicably been denied connection to the main electricity grid by Israeli authorities since 2001, despite the fact that all of the necessary towers and lines are in place. “Many times we have tried to take electricity from Tulkarem municipality or from Israel,…