In the Occupied Territories, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is accusing the Israeli government of turning a blind eye to ongoing settler harassment of Palestinian farmers. Palestinians have come under repeated attack from nearby settlers during the annual olive harvest. Fayyad accused the settlers of “terrorism.”

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad: “This is nothing short of terrorism by the settlers, in complete violation — their being here, in itself, is illegitimate, as you know, and to engage, in addition to all of that, in acts of violence against our citizens, particularly at this time of the year, a time when they pick the olives, with all that the olive tree signifies.”