PANAP

Report: Israeli Authorities ‘Knowingly Facilitate’ Entry Of Banned Pesticides Into Occupied West Bank

A Palestinian farmer cuts wheat in the village of Azmoot, just outside the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, June 2, 2002. (AP/Nasser Ishtayeh)
(REPORT) — Israel has been facilitating the illegal trade and manufacturing of deadly pesticides within illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory, according to a recent investigation. The use of pesticide has not only contaminated the local environment and food sources, but has led to serious human rights abuses, according to the report.