Residents of the West Bank village of Qarawat Bani Hassan were forced to helplessly watch settlers pouring sand and cement into a natural spring on their lands. After initially noticing settlers, a group of villagers gathered in near the town's municipality and advanced quickly moved to try and save the spring. The villagers were prevented by soldiers from approaching the spring or from filming what was happening.

Despite the soldiers attempts to prevent filming, international activists managed to film the settlers for a short time before the soldiers noticed and made both Palestinians and Internationals

leave, saying that the area was now designated as a closed military zone.

Last Friday, a large group of both Palestinians and internationals spent the day clearing the area around the spring to make it more accessible from the village. This followed previous attacks from settlers on nearby springs and farmland, during which a child suffered serious head wounds, from which he is still recovering in hospital, and an elderly man had his arm and leg broken.

Locals intend to continue their attempts to keep the spring open, and to turn the area around it into a park for the use of the village.