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HEBRON, May 20, 2012 (WAFA) – Jewish settlers Sunday set fire to Palestinian Agricultural land in an area near Khirbet Susiya, a locale south of Yatta in Hebron, according to a local activist.

Ratib al-Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern Hebron, told WAFA that settlers from the Israeli settlement of Susiya, under Israeli soldiers protection, set fire to the harvested barley crops belonging to several Palestinians in the area.

He called upon all national, humanitarian, and international organizations to promptly intervene to put an end to these Israeli measures, which aim to force the residents to leave their land in order to seize it for settlement expansion.

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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- A group of settlers on Sunday set fire to agricultural crops in the Hebron town of Yatta, locals said.

Witnesses told Ma'an that settlers torched wheat and barley crops belonging to Yousef Abu Sabha.

Farmers in Yatta fear more attacks and are reluctant to harvest their crops, locals said.

The fields are located near Suseya settlement.