Ma'an -- Israeli forces on Thursday detained a group of journalists and
government employees who were helping to harvest olives in a Nablus
village, a Palestinian Authority ministry said.
The PA
Information Ministry organized a volunteering day for approximately 40
journalists and 20 ministry employees to help villagers in Kafr Qaddum
pick olives. A ministry statement said Israeli forces surrounded the
volunteers and threatened to shoot them if they moved.
.....olive-picking is "often disturbed by extremists
among the settlers, who take the law to their hands and carry out
crimes." The groups reminded officials of Israel's obligation under
international law to protect residents of territories which it occupies.
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