Palestinian Youth Union conducted field visits to villages of Salfit governorate in cooperation with two Italian organizations, Cospe and Operation Dove, to document the violations done by the occupation against these villages, including confiscation of lands, building settlements, settler attacks, spread of wild animals, confiscation of water sources and springs, the gates on agricultural lands and the tightening of the siege on the governorate, knowing that the number of Salfit villages are 19 villages compared to 23 settlement communities.
The villages that was visited were: (Iskaka, Yasuf, Salfit, Bruqin, Deir Balout, al zawya, Deir Istia and Qarawa Bani Hassan) in the presence of Palestinian Youth Union staff, represented by General Director Muharram Barghouthi, Eng,Ola Adawi Advocacy officer & Samiha Omar Media & PR Officer, mr, Jani & Valerio from Cospe, Martina and Francesca from Operation Dove, and the participation of villages mayors & councilors, activists in the region, as well as a number of farmers .
These visits are in process for implementing a project aimed to support, strengthening the steadfastness of governorate inhabitants against violations of the governorate's lands and confiscating of the natural resources, monitoring and documenting these violations.
The villages problems were discussed, mechanisms and needs were discussed too ,to strengthen the steadfastness of governorate inhabitants ,through agricultural roads, land reclamation, building wells, productive and agricultural projects, for women especially and opening Monitoring Center to document the violations ,and to pursue the occupation legally & internationally.