[R-G] Settlers continue attacking olive farmers

[ProletarianNews]

AP. 24 October 2002. Jewish Settlers Resume Village Raid.

NABLUS -- Armed Jewish settlers on Thursday chased away Palestinian
olive farmers who had returned to their village after abandoning it
because of settler harassment [mild word], the mayor said.

In recent weeks, raids by settlers made it impossible for the farmers in
Yanun to harvest their olives, and the last remaining families left last
Friday, taking refuge in the nearby village of Aqraba.

On Tuesday, four of the families returned and the school reopened after
an Israeli army officer promised Mayor Abdelatif Sobih that the
villagers would be protected as they harvested their olives.

Seven settlers arrived at an olive grove near Yanun on Thursday and
fired in the air, Sobih said.

The villagers fled, leaving behind their gear, and the settlers made off
with the olives harvested that day [!], several blankets full, Sobih
said.

There was no immediate comment from settler leaders or the Israeli
police. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report.

Yanun, which was home to 25 families, is southeast of Nablus in the
northern West Bank. Four years ago, the families began leaving after
repeated attacks and humiliations by settlers who had occupied hills
overlooking the village, Sobih said.

Residents said masked settlers would charge into the village at night
with dogs and horses, stealing sheep, smashing windows and beating men
in the village with fists and rifle butts.

A generator was torched, leaving the village without electricity. Three
large water tanks were tipped over and emptied.

The exodus from Yanun is believed to be the first time in recent years
that Palestinians had abandoned an entire village because of the
conflict.

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