Israeli Forces Uproot 700 Olive Trees Near Jenin

[Purveyor]

NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Thursday uprooted over 700 olive trees near Arraba village in the northern West Bank, Palestinian Legislative Council member Najah Abu Bakr said.

The trees belonged to Palestinians in Arraba, south of Jenin, close to the Israeli settlement Mevo Dotan, the MP said in a statement.

On Tuesday, Israeli forces destroyed over 1,300 olive trees in the south Hebron hills of the southern West Bank.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=589385

[northoftheborder]

1. Why????????? Senseless on the surface. Any reasons even offered?????

[appal_jack]

3. The only legitimate answer would be if snipers were using the olive grove as cover.

The only legitimate answer would be if Palestinian snipers (say, members of Hezbollah) were using the olive grove as cover.

Note, I'm not saying that I have any evidence of such use of the olive grove as cover by Palestinian snipers. I googled around, and only could find versions of this same news story" which does not cite a cause or reason.

It is always a shame to see trees cut down for no reason. Productive, agricultural trees such as olives are particularly precious.

I hope tha Israelis and Palestinians find a way to live side-by-side in peace.

-app

[madrchsod]

2. ya got to be tough guys to destroy olive trees....

over 548,000 trees have been destroyed by israel...

.http://www.jai-pal.org/content.php?page=1

[Purveyor]

4. Or fight your own wars...eom

[delrem]

5. It's a tactic used in annexing land. full stop. nt