A Palestinian farmer argues with an Israeli soldier as he is prevented from working on his land in the West Bank village of Tuqua, east of Bethlehem, near the Jewish settlement of Tekoa on May 30, 2012. Palestinians need permission from Israeli authorities in order to be able to access their own lands located near Jewish settlements.
In Israel – if you’re a Palestinian – it is illegal to transport agriculture (crops) without approval by the “governing authority” otherwise known as Israel. If you try to harvest your crop…you could get 3 years in jail and a huge fine.
According to Israeli Military Order #47 HERE:
- Prohibition
2. 2. It is forbidden to remove or bring any agricultural product from or into the region without a permit from the competent authority. - Punishments
3. Any person who violates Article 2 of this Order or any specification regarding he requisite permit will be punished by a period of three years imprisonment, a fine of 3,000 dinars, or both.
Israeli soldiers scuffle with a Palestinian farmer as they prevent him from working on his land in the West Bank village of Tuqua, east of Bethlehem, near the Jewish settlement of Tekoa on May 30, 2012. Palestinians need permission from Israeli authorities in order to be able to access their own lands located near Jewish settlements. Photo: MUSA AL-SHAER/AFP/GettyImages
This comes courtesy of Andrew Sullivan
An Israeli soldier scuffles with a Palestinian farmer as villagers are prevented from working on their lands in the West Bank village of Tuqua, east of Bethlehem, near the Jewish settlement of Tekoa on May 30, 2012. Palestinians need permission from Israeli authorities in order to be able to access their own lands located near Jewish settlements.
An extremist Jewish settler watches a Palestinian family — whose home he is now occupying — perform Friday prayers outside their former residence in Israeli annexed East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighborhood, on April 27, 2012, afterthey were evicted last week, as Israel continues its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in its goal to “Judaize” East Jerusalem. (Photo: Getty Images)
A Palestinian man attempts to put out a fire set in a field of grain by hardline settlers from the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar in the Palestinian village of Urif (Orif), south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on May 26, 2012.
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