Israeli campaign of West Bank destruction moves on to region’s food basket

Arraba, occupied West Bank – As Kamal al-Uraidi drove a beat-up Volkswagen down the Arraba-Ya'bad road, an otherwise pleasant early September day was disrupted by the whirring clang of bulldozers and the snapping cracks of olive trees being ripped from the ground.

What happened

For context, the destruction stretched for kilometres: Whole fields of olive groves razed, structures reduced to twisted metal, Israeli flags planted as far as the eye could see – all the way to the strategically significant Arraba Junction and even past the red pylons marking the boundary of Area A. It is technically under the control of the Palestinian Authority.

The bottom line

In short, israeli campaign of West Bank destruction moves on to region's food basket is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.