Settler Violence = State Violence

Qaryut, Nablus District: Israeli settlers cut down about 117 fruit-yielding olive trees in about two weeks

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On Tuesday, 11 April 2023, in the early afternoon, Yasser Mansur (52), from Qaryut, discovered Israeli settlers had cut down five olive trees on his land northeast of the village, and about 13 olive trees on neighboring plots belonging to other farmers.  

On 14 April 2023, the farmers discovered that settlers had cut down 56 more olive trees, four of them on Mansur's land and the rest on the lands of more than 10 other farmers. 

Two weeks later, on Thursday, 27 April 2023, the farmers again discovered settlers had cut down about 42 olive trees on the same lands.