Israeli colonists assault Palestinian man picking olives northwest of Salfit

SALFIT: Israeli colonists today assaulted a Palestinian man from the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit. Local sources reported that a group of Israeli colonists assaulted the young man Yousef Salman, 27, while he was picking olives in the Al-Maghibeh area north of the town, and tried to kidnap him. In a related context, colonists pumped wastewater today into citizens' lands in the town of Deir Istiya. Local sources reported that colonists from the illegal colony of Yakir pumped wastewater into lands planted with about 60 olive trees. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA