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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/israeli-military-uproots-thousands-palestinian-150141616.htmlThe Israeli military issued an order to uproot olive trees in a 0.27sq-km (0.1sq-mile) area in al-Mughayyir, a village of about 4,000 residents northeast of Ramallah.
The army justified the measure by saying the trees posed a security threat to a main Israeli settlement road that runs through the villages lands.
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For decades, the Israeli military has uprooted olive trees an important Palestinian cultural symbol across the occupied Palestinian territory as part of the countrys efforts to seize Palestinian land and forcibly displace residents.
elleng
(141,926 posts)The Israeli military issued an order to uproot olive trees in a 0.27sq-km (0.1sq-mile) area in al-Mughayyir, a village of about 4,000 residents northeast of Ramallah.
The army justified the measure by saying the trees posed a security threat to a main Israeli settlement road that runs through the villages lands.
karynnj
(60,910 posts)Here is an article speaking of this - https://theecologist.org/2015/nov/07/destruction-palestinian-olive-trees-monstrous-crime
It is beyond tragic that Israel seems to be using the Gaza War to destroy Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
Klarkashton
(5,235 posts)returnee
(906 posts).yeah, destroy trees. Trees that feed people. Trees that arent attacking you. These people are evil.
malaise
(295,309 posts)Rec
Big Blue Marble
(5,687 posts)Nanjeanne
(6,556 posts)For Palestinian olive farmers during harvest to deter violence from Israeli settlers.
Every day I think I cant be more shocked at the tyranny of people but every day I am. Here in US and abroad.
electric_blue68
(26,746 posts)electric_blue68
(26,746 posts)Destroying Sustainance, Shade, and Beauty!
😫 😭
TommyT139
(2,328 posts)...tolerate the people who support this murderous, genocidal regime, trying to justify its actions with pathetic rationales.
myohmy2
(3,721 posts)...buffalos next...?
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Abolishinist
(2,941 posts)The Israeli Defense Minister Israel Navon (Doron Tavory) moves to a house on the border between Israel and the West Bank, with the building sitting on the Israeli side just next to the dividing line. The Israeli Secret Service views the neighboring lemon grove of Salma Zidane (Hiam Abbass), a Palestinian widow whose family has cared for the area for generations, as a threat to the minister and his wife. The security forces soon set up a guard post and a fence around the grove. They then obtain an order to uproot the lemon trees.
maxrandb
(17,391 posts)we're the never-againers doing it.