Colonizers attack olive pickers in Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem.

This morning, Friday, settlers attacked farmers while they were harvesting olives in the lands of the village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem.

Eyewitnesses reported that a group of settlers from the "Ramot" settlement, which is built on the citizens' lands, attacked several citizens with stones and insults in the area of the city valley, attempting to expel them from their lands, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.

The witnesses added that the farmers confronted the settlers and continued their work despite the assault, confirming that these attacks occur annually during the olive harvest season, as part of attempts to seize more lands of the village, which is surrounded by the wall and settlements.

The village of Beit Iksa has been subjected to repeated assaults by settlers for years, especially during the olive harvest season, where the occupation often prevents farmers from accessing their lands except with special permits and on specific days, as part of a policy aimed at displacing the population and controlling the agricultural lands adjacent to the "Ramot" settlement and the separation wall.