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<div class="ViewDetails_Stamp">Published today (updated) 04/05/2011 14:28</div>
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<div class="ViewDetails_ImgDesc"><em>Farmers blamed settlers in the northern West Bank for the attack</em>.</div>
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<p>NABLUS (Ma’an) &#8212; An Israeli settler tried Tuesday to stab Palestinians near Qaryot village south of Nablus, a Palestinian official said.</p>
<p>Ghassan Doughlas, a Fatah official charged with monitoring settlement activity in the northern West Bank, said a settler from “Alia” attacked a farmer and tried to stab him even though he had a permit to be on the farmland.</p>
<p>Doughlas said Radi Farhan Ahmad Issa, 45, fled but the settler slashed tires on Issa&#8217;s tractor.</p>
<p>The Israeli army, meanwhile, closed the nearby Huwara checkpoint and posted other blocks at the entrance of a number of villages, Doughlas said. They were preparing for a settler demonstration, he said.</p>
<p>The night before, soldiers closed the village of An-Nabi Saleh, shutting down entrances with road blocks and restricting movement of residents, witnesses said.</p>
<p>Israeli troops were deployed throughout the village for unknown reasons, leading to clashes with teenagers, witnesses said.</p>
<p>Military jeeps remained stationed at the entrances to the village well into Tuesday morning, local residents told Ma&#8217;an, saying they feared several pending home demolition orders were about to be executed.</p>
<p>An-Nabi Saleh&#8217;s popular resistance committee, which organizes a weekly protest against continued land confiscations from the nearby settlement of Hallamish, called the overnight raid &#8220;collective punishment.&#8221;</p>
<p>The raids amounted to attempts to weaken the resolve of the villagers, who continue to demand access to lands confiscated by illegal settlements, the locals said.</p>
<p>An Israeli military spokeswoman said there was no military activity in the area overnight.</p>
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