Jenin - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ali Samoudi - Despite the occupation's threats and continuous harassment, the latest of which was his notification to vacate his land near the apartheid fence within the borders of the village of Al-Jalama , north of Jenin, and to remove greenhouses and agricultural crops, the farmer, Abu Muhammad Abu Farha, refuses to submit and abandon He and his family's source of livelihood, and calls on all ministries and concerned authorities to stand by the farmers of Al-Jalama, to thwart and confront the occupation's policies aimed, as he says, "to plunder the land, forcibly empty it, and destroy the agricultural sector in the area, which is considered agricultural of the first degree."

“Soft displacement” is the description given by the farmer Abu Farha to the new Israeli decision, which affected dozens of landowners and farmers in the Al-Jalama area, after the occupation distributed notices to them to remove greenhouses and move them from the area for tens of meters, and he said, “This land was inherited from father to grandfather, We work on it all our lives, and there is no substitute for it, so that we can live a decent life and provide a future for our families. How will I move it and to where, when there is no other land for me and other farmers? It is a decision to destroy, cleanse and expel us indirectly.”

Permanently, Abu Farha and his brother spend their days working on their land and taking care of their greenhouses and other agricultural crops, but the occupation cut them off, and they are threatened with losing their main and only source of income, in the event that the occupation implements the decision to remove the greenhouses, and he says, "What is happening today is a continuation of the war." The occupation is against the agricultural sector in the village of Al-Jalama, which is considered part of the main food basket in the West Bank and the occupied Palestinian interior, in addition to their most dangerous goal of emptying the land of the population.” Their fear and anxiety about the Israeli aggressions and sanctions, but whatever they practice, I will not leave my land.”

Abu Farha explains that the agricultural sector in Al-Jalama has suffered and is still suffering in light of the occupation practices that have not stopped over the past years, from storming the area, closing roads, firing bullets and gas bombs, and not allowing them to work on their lands, whether in the early morning or evening hours. And sometimes there is deliberate and repeated shooting to intimidate farmers and expel them from the land, explaining that these practices prompted some farmers to sell their lands, and he added, "Unfortunately, there is neglect and marginalization of the Palestinian farmer despite his steadfastness and the violations and practices he is exposed to to confiscate his land and destroy his crops, which pushes some to leave the land Agriculture and work in other fields.

Abu Farha confirms the seriousness of the new notices, which call on farmers to destroy their crops and greenhouses. He added, "We demand practical and immediate action from the concerned, governmental and international institutions in order to put pressure on Israel to back down from its arbitrary and unjust starvation decision."