Israeli settlers uproot around thousand trees in West Bank farms

MEMO | March 13, 2013
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Israeli settlers uproot trees from Palestinian farms.

Israeli settlers have recently uprooted around 1,000 trees from several farms around the West Bank cities of Nablus and Bethlehem, the Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds reported.When Palestinian farmer, Ahmed Meqbel, went to work at his farm in al-Qaryout village to the south of Nablus on Tuesday, he found that Israeli settlers had uprooted 121 of his newly planted olive trees. Meqbel blamed the incident on settlers living in the nearby settlement of Shafot Rahel.

Taking account of the total number of his trees that have been uprooted by Israeli settlers, the farmer said that in 2007, they had uprooted 300 of his fruit bearing olive trees which had led to the loss of his livelihood.

Bashar al-Qaryouti, an activist in the Popular Committee to Confront Israel’s Apartheid Wall, said that about 40 armed settlers tried to break into the village on Tuesday. They reached the western entrance of the city; however, Israeli forces stopped them.

Meanwhile, another activist in the aforementioned committee, Ahmed Salah, said that Israeli settlers had uprooted 350 fruit bearing trees in al-Khader village to the south of city. The trees belonged to the farmer Ismail Sobeeh.

The activist told al-Quds newspaper that Sobeeh had been shocked when he saw the Israeli settlers uprooting grape, olive and fig trees from his land. According to the activist, Sobeeh and his family live on the revenues from his farm.

The chief of Al-Khader municipality, Tawfeeq Salah, said that Israeli settlers had recently seized more than 500 dunams of land in the area.

(Some) Examples of attacks by Jewish Colonists in Palestine

I emphasize, just some examples….
For a full overview see: Category Settler Violence

Jewish settlers write offenses against Jesus on Monastery – Oct 2, 2012	Zionist settlers attack 38 year old man in Majaz, Sept 16, 2012	3rd time in a week Havat Ma’on settlers chased palestinian kids – July 31, 2012	Settlers attack & wound 5 men, torch 400 olivetrees,kill 20 sheep July 7, 2012
Israeli settlers attack & torched a mosque in WB Palestine – June 19, 2012	Terrorist settler assassinates 2 Palestinians in Al-Khalil – June 17, 2012	Israeli colonists and occupation militia attack farmers in Tuqua – May 30, 2012	Israeli Settlers set olive trees on fire, shoot a Palestinian in ‘Urif – May 26, 2012
#JerusalemDay: settlers provocative march Al-Aqsa May 20, 2012	Settlers attack a school and injure 8 students – April 23, 2012	Masked Jewish settlers attack and stone Palestinians – Febr 28, 2012	Israeli Settler attack on Al-Aqsa and compound – Al-Quds – Febr 19, 2012
Israeli Settler Attack – Savages torch car and paint racist slogans – Febr 16, 2012	Israeli Settlers displaying their “Intelligence & Morals” – Febr 7, 2012	Illegal Settler raze & confiscate Palestinian land under protection of Israeli Army – Febr 6, 2012	Settler attack in Al-Janyeih: Anti Palestinian Graffiti – Febr 5, 2012
Jewish savage extremists destroy Muslim Graves on a cemetery in Beisan – Jan 25, 2012	Settlers torch a car of a 53 yr old woman in Tel Rumeideh – Jan 16, 2012	Cars & mosque vandalized in ‘price tag’ settler attack – Jan 11, 2012	Jewish settlers break into Muslim shrines to perform Talmudic rituals – Jan 6, 2012
lers torch 2 cars and a car wash station – Jan 4, 2012	Settlers Attack on a Mosque & 5 Cars – Dec 19, 2011	“Milchamah” – “War” Settlers attack a mosque Dec 15 2011	J’lem Mosque set alight in ‘price tag’ attack Dec 14, 2011
Settlers vandalize Muslim graves in Jerusalem – Nov 10, 2011	Christian & Muslim Cemeteries vandalized by zionists in Jaffa – Oct 7, 2011	Radical Jewish terrorists torch Mosque in Tuba – Oct 3, 2011	Settlers Cut Down 200 Olive Trees inh Qusra – Oct 6, 2011
Israel supplies weapons and training to illegal colonists in Palestine	The full album and resources about Settler Violence	Click to see the Album Ethnic Cleansing of Negev Bedouin	Click to see the Album House Demolitions
Click to see the Album Settlement Construction	Israeli attacks against Christians and holy sites

Essential information/resources

• Israel Arms & Trains Illegal Settlers for Rampage in Occupied Palestine – In Photos
• Leaked document “Operation Summer Seeds”: Israeli forces train & arm settlers to attack Palestinian protesters – Source
• Netherlands blocks EU report about Settler Violence, The Rights Forum exposes it – Source & Translations
• MP Barghouthi warns of massacres after Israel arms, trains settlers - Source
• Israel gives settlers weapons for September- Source
• How US “charities” break tax laws to fund Israeli settlements – EI
• France’s JDL’s “Travel Agency” Call for “Militant Rampage Trip”- Source
• Israeli settlers to be armed with dogs as well as tear gas and stun grenades – Source
• Topic – Settler Terrorism – Source
• Video - Settler Attack dogs of the West Bank | Video | Reuters.com

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