Israeli occupation forces have started to expand the Dotan military checkpoint near Jenin. The work entails the destruction of Palestinian farm land and olive groves owned by the Abu Bakr family from the town of Ya’bod.
Local sources said that Israeli bulldozers are levelling the land next to the roadblock, which is located at the entrance of the illegal Dotan settlement. Israel has intensified the procedures at Mapudtan checkpoint recently, which is causing local residents a great deal of additional hardship.
In fact, the Israelis have taken a number of punitive measures against the people of Ya`bod, including levelling the road between Ya`bod and Amriha, and the closure of the area to the east of the town, resulting in a lot of tension between residents and the occupation forces.