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Settlers destroy 300 newly planted olive trees in Qalqiliya

Ma’an News Agency | Published today 15:13 QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Settlers destroyed over 300 olive trees in a Qalqiliya village on Thursday, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that settlers from Qarni Shomron uprooted hundreds of newly planted trees near Azzun […]

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Settlers destroy over 600 olive trees in Nablus

Ma’an News | (updated) 30/10/2013 13:37 Olive trees pictured in Beit Jala.(MaanImages/Eva Pilipp) NABLUS (Ma’an) — Settlers destroyed over 600 olive trees in a Nablus village on Wednesday, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that settlers from Yizhar cut down hundreds […]

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Settlers Burn Olive Saplings, Trees, South Of Bethlehem

 Sunday October 27, 2013 12:50 by IMEMC & Agencies [Sunday Morning October 27, 2013] A number of extremist Israeli settlers, burnt dozens of Palestinian olive saplings, and trees, that belong to residents of the Al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. File – Radio Bethlehem 2000 Local sources have reported that a […]

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Settlers Uproot Olive Saplings, Grapevines, Near Bethlehem

 Wednesday October 23, 2013 07:23 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies A number of Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian lands that belongs to a resident of the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, uprooted dozens of olive saplings and grapevines, and demolished a wall. File – Olive Trees Cut By Settlers – WATTAN TV Ahmad Salah, […]

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Settlers uproot 53 olive trees in Qalqiliya, attack farmer

Ma’an News Agency (updated) 22/10/2013 22:18 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Tuesday uprooted 53 olive trees in Kafr Laqif village west of Qalqiliya, officials said. Ghassan Douglas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that a number of Israeli settlers from the Karni Shomron settlement uprooted around […]

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Settlers torch olive trees, attack school in Nablus

Ma’an news Agency | (updated) 09/10/2013 14:15 Armed settlers pictured in Hebron.(MaanImages/file) NABLUS (Ma’an) — Dozens of settlers set fire to agricultural land in Nablus on Wednesday and attacked students at a local school, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that settlers from […]

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Settlers destroy 50 olive trees south of Hebron

While true Judaism teaches….: “When you lay siege to a city and wage war against it a long time to capture it, do not destroy its trees, wielding an ax against any food-producing tree. Is a tree of the field a man who will come against you in the siege?” (Deuteronomy 20:19) “Take from nature […]

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Settlers burn olive trees in Sarta

27th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Sarta, Occupied Palestine Settlers burnt around 35 olive trees in the Palestinian village of Sarta late on Thursday night, following the area being declared a closed military zone in preparation for the construction of a new settler road. Around 60 settlers from the illegal Bruchin settlement and […]

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PHOTOS | July 20 2013 – Zionist settlers burn 400 olive trees in the village of al-Jab’a

July 20, 2013 Photos by Ahmed Mazhar – WAFA     Related news July 20, 2013 | Jewish settlers burn down 400 olive trees – Read more (Some) Examples of attacks by Jewish Colonists in Palestine I emphasize, just some examples…. For a full overview see: Category Settler Violence Essential information/resources Israel Arms & Trains […]

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Jewish settlers burn down 400 olive trees

[ PIC 20/07/2013 – 10:15 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Jewish settlers set on fire hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in Jaba village, south west of Bethlehem, on Saturday morning. Local sources said that the settlers started the fire in the olive trees south east of the village that burnt down 400 trees owned by three […]

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Jewish settlers chop down 40 olive trees, assault houses

[ PIC 15/07/2013 – 12:22 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Jewish settlers of the price tag gang raided Palestinian cultivated land lots to the north of Ramallah and chopped down 40 olive trees. Local sources in Tirmasaya village said that the settlers cut off the trees in the eastern lands of the village. They said that […]

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Settlers from illegal colony of Itamar destroy 1,500 Palestinian olive trees in Awarta

 12th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine On the morning of Thursday 11th July, villagers from Awarta found that 1,500 of their olive trees had been cut down over the last month by settlers from the illegal settlement of Itamar. When they attempted to highlight this crime with media […]

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Deir Estia villagers appeal for saving their olive trees from uprooting

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 11/07/2013 – 11:21 AM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– Deir Estia villagers in Salfit called for urgent action to stop an Israeli plan to uproot 2,300 fruitful olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers […]

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Zionist settlers cut down 1,150 olive trees belonging to 25 families in Awarta – Nablus

Maan News Agency | July 11, 2013 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Thursday cut down 1,150 olive trees in Palestinian groves near Nablus, a Palestinian Authority official said. Residents of Itamar settlement used chainsaws to cut down the trees north of Awarta, said Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank. […]

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More Colonial Terrorism: 20 dunums of land and 200 olive trees set on fire by settlers in Sarra

3rd July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Sarra, Occupied Palestine On the morning of the 30th of June, settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Gilad rallied 100 settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Qedumim to attack the land of the Palestinian village of Sarra. Late in the morning, settlers went […]

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