The Minister of Agriculture, Riyad al-‘Atari, condemned the Israeli occupation authorities’ closure of the headquarters of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in Ramallah, describing this attack as a war on the Palestinian agricultural sector, which is exposed daily to destruction, land confiscation and the theft of irrigation water. Al-Atari stressed that this act aims to end work and agricultural development in Area C, the Palestinian Valley, and areas near settlements and next to the Apartheid Wall. The Minister of Agriculture called on local and international partners to exert pressure on the occupation authorities to reverse this policy, pointing out to calls made with international agricultural partner institutions to stop the ongoing violations against the Palestinian agricultural sector. For further details, click here