OCCUPIED GOLAN June 21. 2023 (Saba) - Clashes broke out Wednesday between the people of the occupied Golan and the forces of the Zionist enemy, injuring dozens of people and arrest eight others.
The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) stated that the Zionist enemy forces have besieged the lands in the occupied Golan and prevented their owners from entering it, since yesterday, Tuesday, and repressed the owners of the targeted lands, and those in solidarity with them.
According to eyewitnesses, eight people were arrested, including Sheikh Salman Fares Shams, as the occupation forces cordoned off the area with the participation of planes and using horses, and prevented ambulances from reaching the wounded, as the injured were gradually evacuated by the families’ vehicles.
For its part, the popular activities in the occupied Syrian Golan announced a general strike and anger today, in the villages of Majdal Shams, Baqatha, Masada and Ain Qinya, in response to the "arbitrary and criminal" practices of the occupation authorities.
The activists stressed in a statement that the occupation's "arbitrary and criminal measures against us and the right of our lands make us determined on our right decision and our firm position." The statement included an invitation to the people "to go and gather tomorrow morning (Wednesday) at the al-Yafouri shrine to be a starting point towards the besieged lands."
Earlier on Tuesday, the occupation forces assaulted the residents who protested in defense of their confiscated agricultural lands, in order to establish the wind turbine project, after representatives of the Israeli company responsible for the project, backed by police forces, stormed the lands.
The installation of giant turbines in the villages of the Golan comes according to a decision issued by the occupation government in this regard, and the approval of the Israeli planning authorities.
The Golanis assert that the establishment of turbines will impede the cultivation of the land around them and will be an environmental hazard. The Israeli judiciary had previously rejected the residents' petition against the construction of the turbines.
The first attempt to start the work of installing turbines, in December 2020, was met with resistance from the people, who considered it a "declaration of war" on their villages.
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resource : Saba
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