Al-Mazra’ah al-Qibliyah, Ramallah District: Settlers steal crop off some 30 olive trees

On 12 October 2021, village residents noticed several settlers harvesting olives in a grove owned by Assad Shreiteh (45) south of the village. When the residents approached the grove, the settlers fled toward the outpost of Haresha, established in 1997 about 100 meters away, taking sacks full of olives with them. When Shreiteh arrived at the grove, he discovered that the settlers had harvested and stolen all the fruit off some 30 olive trees, broken some of the branches and knocked over the water container. Shreiteh reported the damage to the village council, which updated the Palestinian DCO. The next day, Israeli DCO personnel arrived and surveyed the land, without coordinating with Shreiteh or speaking with him.