Jewish settlers chop off 120 Palestinian trees

7 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2012 الساعة . 09:19 ص   بتوقيت القدس

Jewish settlers damaged and chopped off around 120 olive trees and grapevines in Al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem, on Friday, local sources said.

Ahmed Salah, the coordinator of the anti wall and anti settlement activity in the village, told Quds Press that the settlers also bathed in one of the water wells in the same area after performing Talmudic rituals.

He said that the settlers damaged 100 olive trees planted two years ago by a charitable society for one of the farmers in the village and 20 grapevines owned by another farmer.

Salah said that the settlers drew the Israeli flag on a sign for an agricultural project that was established by a European society.