Jenin, West Bank, Palestine. 20 June 2021. Palestinian farmers pick watermelons in the Marj Bin Amer valley in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, at the beginning of the watermelon harvest season. Agriculture has always been an important source of livelihood in the Jenin area, yet like the rest of the Palestinian territories Jenin has been badly affected by the Israeli occupation. Palestinian farmers have often lost land or access to it due to the continuous building and expansion of Israeli settlements and by-pass roads, military zones, the separation wall, and by other actions by Jewish Isra
Jenin, West Bank, Palestine. 20 June 2021. Palestinian farmers pick watermelons in the Marj Bin Amer valley in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, at the beginning of the watermelon harvest season. Agriculture has always been an important source of livelihood in the Jenin area, yet like the rest of the Palestinian territories Jenin has been badly affected by the Israeli occupation. Palestinian farmers have often lost land or access to it due to the continuous building and expansion of Israeli settlements and by-pass roads, military zones, the separation wall, and by other actions by Jewish Israeli settlers and the Israeli army. The use of water resources available to Palestinians has also been constantly reduced while restrictions to their mobility, including to markets, have kept increasing
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