Israel prevents farmers from tilling land in Qalqilia
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22-2-2010West Bank - Israeli occupation forces prevented Palestinian farmers on Monday morning from reaching their fields in Qalqilia, in the northwest of the West Bank.
Abdul Rahman Abu Saleem, a Palestinian farmer, said that he was heading to his tractor with another farmer to cultivate the land they own near the Jewish settlement of Qadumim, but 2 Israeli military jeeps stopped them and prevented them from reaching their land.
He added that Israeli soldiers told him he was prohibited from entering the land and plowing it up without knowing the reasons, knowing that "we are the legal landowners and the land is not confiscated."
According to Abu Salim, a number of Jewish settlers from the nearby Gilad settlement live on the land, and that sometimes they have night parties and set up tents to stay in.
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