SHOTLIST: HEBRON, PALESTINE (SEPT. 16, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN FARMER ABU MARYAM ALONG WITH OTHER WOMEN HARVESTING GRAPES IN FIELD 2. ELDERLY PALESTINIAN WOMAN CUTTING GRAPES 3. CLOSE SHOT OF GRAPES IN WOMAN'S HAND 4. VARIOUS OF ABU MARYAM HARVESTING GRAPES 5. ABU MARYAM WALKING IN FIELD 6. VARIOUS OF ABU MARYAM HARVESTING TOMATOES 7. ANOTHER PALESTINIAN WOMAN WORKING IN FIELD 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PALESTINIAN FARMER ABU MARYAM, SAYING: "Naturally, the villagers and landowners living near the settlements try to work and invest in their land to protect it from being taken over. First, to safeguard it from settlement, and second, to improve their income — especially during the wartime conditions we have endured for about two years, specifically since October 7. [...]Since the beginning of the war, there has been talk of displacement — whether here or in Gaza — but we remain steadfast on our land. This is our land, our water, our air. Of course, we will not leave it and go to other countries. We would rather die on our land than abandon it." 9. PALESTINIAN FARMER AMAL SALIBI WORKING IN FIELD 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PALESTINIAN FARMER AMAL SALIBI, SAYING: “I love the land; I love planting in it. Farming is our protection against the settlers. We cultivate our land even though we are constantly attacked, because we are surrounded by settlements. Many of them have already taken much of our land. That’s why we want to hold on to the land through farming. Agriculture is very important because it strengthens our economic situation. [...] It provides an income that helps us support ourselves and our families. And beyond that, it is also our way of protecting the land. We remain steadfast on it." 11. VARIOUS OF AMAL SALIBI, ABU MARYAM AND ELDERLY WOMAN PICKING TOMATOES 12. VARIOUS OF ABU MARYAM PUTTING TOMATOES INTO CARDBOARD BOX 13. VARIOUS OF ILLEGAL ISRAELI SETTLEMENT 14. ISRAELI FORCES AROUND ILLEGAL SETTLEMENT 15. ISRAELI FORCES VEHICLE MOVING ON ROAD AROUND ILLEGAL SETTLEMENT HEBRON, PALESTINE - SEPT. 16: Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are cultivating their lands in Hebron as a quiet act of resistance against the expansion of Israeli settlements. In northern Hebron, Palestinian women grow vegetables and fruit on their land to counter the nearby Gush Etzion settlement. One farmer, Abu Maryam, said what began as an agricultural initiative gradually turned into a form of resistance to growing settler pressure. She added that Israel’s war in Gaza since 2023 has deepened their financial crisis. Another farmer, 58-year-old Amal Salibi, said the work provides not only income but also a sense of attachment to the land. “Farming is our protection against the settlers,” Salibi said. “We cultivate our land even though we are constantly attacked on it.” The farming project is now the only livelihood for many Palestinians in the area. Residents say settlers often damage Palestinian property and force families to abandon land, beginning with unauthorized caravan outposts that later expand into stone houses with infrastructure and roads. In 2017, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee recognized Hebron's Old City, which includes the Ibrahimi Mosque, as a Palestinian World Heritage site. Around 400 illegal Israeli settlers live in the Old City under the guard of about 1,500 soldiers. In 1994, Israel divided the mosque after an illegal Israeli settler gunned down 29 Palestinian worshippers, allocating roughly two-thirds of the site to Jewish worship and the remainder to Muslims. Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, at least 1,022 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces and illegal settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal. It demanded the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Reporting by Qais Omar Darwesh Omar/ Writing by Ayse Elif Erdis