if you choose to support the zionist criminal organization called israel, this article shows you  some of what you are helping to 'protect';

On the outskirts of the town of Beita, south of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank, a young man in a grey hoodie crouches behind some trees, moving discreetly through the olive groves that cover the hilly terrain.

To a passerby, Ammar Hamayel, 30, might look suspicious, like he’s doing something he’s not supposed to. 

In reality, Hamayel is just trying to get to his family’s olive groves on Jabal Sabih, or Mount Sabih, on the outskirts of his hometown of Beita. 

“It’s crazy that I have to sneak around and act like a criminal just to go to my family’s land and pick our olives,” he told Mondoweiss. “I’m not the thief, they are,” he says indignantly, pointing at a cluster of white caravans on the top of the mountain, and a group of armed Israeli soldiers patrolling the area. 

“We have all the papers to prove this land is ours, dating back more than 100 years,” Hamayel said. “But because they say they are ‘the chosen people’, they can just come and steal my land, and tell me I’m not allowed to go there anymore. How is that fair?” he asked. 

Hamayel is one of hundreds of Palestinians from Beita who have been unable to access their land on Jabal Sabih ever since a group of Israeli settlers established an illegal outpost on top of the mountain in May.  

Although the settlers were evacuated in the summer, the outpost is still standing and Israeli soldiers have maintained a constant presence in the area. And so the protests have continued, with Israeli soldiers killing eight Palestinians and injuring thousands more on the mountain since May. .........read more.......