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Uprooting of Hundreds of Trees in the Middle of West Bank

Jul 12, 2022 02:36 pm

colonial settlers uprooted hundreds of trees for Palestinian farmers, while their attacks on sheep and cow herders increased in the occupied West Bank.

The official Palestinian Wafa Agency reported that settlers had uprooted more than 450 trees from the lands of the towns of Al-Mughair and Turmus Aya in Ramallah governorate, including 200 olive trees, 250 fruit trees and lozees. The coordinator of the Palestinian Farmers' Charity said that the attacks by settlers aimed at controlling the land.

A report by Haaretz revealed that settler attacks were gradually escalating under the protection provided by the occupation forces and army to settlers in the area, and 370 settler attacks against Palestinians in West Bank and Al-Quds had been recorded since the beginning of this year, which is a record number, according to the newspaper.