Two Palestinian farmers were prevented today by the Israeli occupation forces from maintaining their own lands in the village of al-Zawiya, in the occupied West Bank province of Salfit, according to local sources. Mohammad Raddad, the mayor of the village, told WAFA that Ra’ed Musleh and Yaser Musleh, two Palestinian landowners and farmers from the village, have been denied access into their lands by the Israeli occupation forces over the past three days. The two farmers say they have to go to their lands in order to carry out maintenance works in preparation for the plantation season. Raddad said villagers trying to access their lands adjacent to the Israeli segregation barrier, which is close to the village, have been attacked several times by the Israeli occupation forces, including being attacked with teargas canisters.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)