Settlers Torch Olive Trees Near Ramallah

[Purveyor]

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers on Thursday cut down and torched over 50 olive trees in the central West Bank village of Deir Jarir north of Ramallah.

Residents of Ofra settlement stormed fields belonging to Muhammad Jihad Shujaiyya and Muhammad Mahmoud Hamdan and cut down trees before setting fire to them, witnesses told Ma'an.

Israeli forces arrived and the landowners argued with the soldiers, accusing them of protecting settlers as they attacked Palestinian land.

In April, settlers from Ofra set fire to 10 cars in Deir Jarir

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[aquart]

1. Yeah. They HATE each other.

But killing sustenance trees is a shit stinking thing to do.

Reminds me of Serbia/Croatia/Albania. And Ireland.

[Purveyor]

2. Indeed. I understand it take some 5-12 years for a newly planted tree to produce fruit. eom

[ZRT2209]

3. +1

[Ken Burch]

5. Thanks for that post.

As I understand it, Israel/Palestine/the Holy Land/whatever the heck you else want to call this general area was actually the first place olives were ever cultivated.

[shira]

6. Definitely a shit-stinking thing to do, if Maan's report is true. n/t

[madrchsod]

4. this is an abomination under the first five books of the bible

so israel is breaking god`s law to punish the palestinians for tending one of god's sacred trees.

one can cut down a olive tree but the roots still grow.

[delrem]

7. Isn't torching olive groves, etc., a rather common occurrence in the WB?