March 30, 2026
Mukhmas
Settler Violence
Musaitef Abdul is a U.S. citizen and the owner of 127 dunams of olive land in Mukhmas — one of the largest individual land holdings among the identified plaintiffs in the village. His case illustrates with particular clarity both the severity of the harm being inflicted and the complete absence of any protective response from Israeli authorities.
When Abdul and his family attempted to reach and work their land, settlers shot at them. The threat of lethal violence was not a one-time occurrence but a sustained reality that has made access to the property physically dangerous. Faced with that reality, Abdul took the significant step of walling off the land in an attempt to protect it from further encroachment and destruction — an investment of thousands of dollars that speaks directly to the seriousness and permanence of the threat he faces. Despite that effort, he has been entirely unable to enter or work the property for over two years. The land sits inaccessible, the olive trees unserviced and unharvested, the agricultural value of 127 dunams of land effectively destroyed.
Abdul has photographic documentation of the harm, which is being organized and compiled as part of the case file. That evidence, combined with the physical record of the walled property and the extended timeline of denied access, provides a strong evidentiary foundation for claims of trespass to land, conversion, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and destruction of property.
