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Apartheid

Illegal Israeli Squatters uproot hundreds of Palestinian olive trees near Hebron

contributors 05/18/2015

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HEBRON (Ma’an) – Israeli settlers destroyed and uprooted hundreds of olive saplings in the Palestinian town of al-Shuyoukh northeast of Hebron in the southern West Bank.

Local activist Ahmad al-Halayqa told Ma’an that about 80 acres of land planted with olive saplings had been vandalized by Jewish settlers from nearby illegal settlements and outposts.

This is the fourth time settlers have vandalized and uprooted olive saplings in the area, he added.

The land, according to al-Halayqa, belongs to Muhammad Au Shanab al-Ayayda, Abd al-Qadir Abu Shanab al-Ayayda and Mousa Abu Shanab al-Ayayda. The saplings had recently been replanted for the fourth time.

Since 1967, approximately 800,000 olive trees have been uprooted by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to a joint report by the Palestinian Authority and the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem.

Via Ma’an News Agency

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Related video added by Juan Cole:

PressTV reported on a similar incident a couple of months ago near Ramallah

Filed Under: Apartheid, Displaced and Refugees, Human Rights, Israel/ Palestine, Palestine, Statelessness

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