Settlers graze cows in Palestinian farmer’s field and threaten him, Deir Nizam, 19 March 2021

On 9 March 2021, five members of the a-Tamimi family from Deir Nizam went to their land, which lies near the neighboring village, a-Nabi Saleh. Upon arrival, a settler named Zvi, who established the “Zvi Bar Yosef Farm” outpost in the area and grazes his cattle on land belonging to area farmers, noticed them. The settler summoned soldiers, and the latter drove the farmers out of their land and confiscated their tractor on the pretext that it was “state land.” On the morning of 17 March 2021, several family members arrived at another plot they own, located about 600 meters west of the first plot and about 200 meters from the settlement of Halamish. A few months ago, the family planted 2,400 almond seedlings in this plot and erected a fence around it as part of a program supported by the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture and the Palestinian Center for Development. While the residents were repairing the fence, several settlers showed up and led their cattle to graze on the family’s land. An argument br
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