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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Israeli army bulldozes over 230 olive trees near Bethlehem

IMEMC - The Palestine News Network reports that the Israeli army bulldozed over 230 olive trees near Bethlehem.

The trees were uprooted and confiscated by the army, who used bulldozers amongst other equipment. The land was cleared in the village of Jub'a, which is located to the south of Bethlehem. The land apparently belonged to the Abu Latifeh family. According to the PNN, trucks took the trees to an unknown location. Some 40 trees have also been removed from the village of Mishmas, it is alleged. Olive trees are regularly damaged or uprooted across the West Bank. Often extremist settlers vandalize and destroy Palestinian farmland, although trees are also often uprooted by the Israeli army.
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