Settlers chop down dozens of olive trees near Nablus

[Jefferson23]

NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers on Monday chopped down dozens of olive trees on Palestinian agricultural lands in the Nablus district, an official said.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, said that settlers from Tuffah chopped down around 100 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in the village of Yasuf.

Settlers also destroyed trees in Burin and and Awarta, Daghlas said.

Israeli authorities rarely investigate violent crimes carried out by settlers against Palestinian communities.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=731815

[peacebird]

1. Settlers destroy the property of those who lived there previously. Settlers SUCK.

As does the Israeli govt.

[Jefferson23]

2. +1, concise. n/t

[pangaia]

5. Not only were these olive trees the property of those who live there,

but they were the property of their parents, grand parents, great grandparents, and ad infinitum...

[BillZBubb]

3. Typical Israelis. Harass, demean and torment the Palestinians at every opportunity.

Then whine when the Palestinians finally fight back.

[Jefferson23]

4. Palestinians are ingrates. n/t

[oberliner]

6. These are not typical Israelis

These are far right-wing vandals.

[BillZBubb]

7. In other words the ARE typical Israelis

[Israeli]

8. They are not " typical Israelis " BillZBubb...

They are typical religious Right wing messianic madmen .....who think that God promised them all of Judea and Samaria ....the historical biblical names for the territory now generally referred to as the West Bank.

Is John Hagee a typical American ?

How would you describe a "typical American" ?

Are Rabbis for Human Rights " typical Israelis " ?

Join The Olive Harvest in The Occupied Territories

Every fall, Rabbis for Human Rights brings hundreds of volunteers to work side-by-side with Palestinian farmers during our Olive Harvest campaign. Our presence provides protection against possible settler intimidation, enables farmers to pick within the limited number of days that they can safely do so, and has also become an act of solidarity between Israeli Jews and Palestinians.

http://www.taayush.org/?p=3868

Is Miko Peled a typical Israeli ?

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No such thing as a typical Israeli BillZBubb......like America we come in all shades and all levels of political believes .

[BillZBubb]

9. Sorry to burst your bubble, but they are "typical".

The majority of Israelis keep the Likud and rightists in power. They know full well exactly what that means. They are the typical Israelis. You, of course, cherry pick the few really good Israelis in an attempt to hide what is the norm.

[Israeli]

10. Interesting that you ignored my ...

....questions to you and instead attacked me with " bubble " and " cherry pick " .

I'm not hiding anything BillZBubb .....if you prefer to think every single one of us supports the 'Greater Israel' crowd and the religious right and/or Likud ...then you are welcome to think so .... however you are wrong .

FYI last elections ...on a voter turnout of 67.8%.....the Right-Religious block got 61 seats and the Center-Left -Arab block got 59 seats .

So by all means tar us all with the same brush .

[King_David]

15. What a disgusting bigoted derogatory

right wing prejudiced broad brushed post.

[Shaktimaan]

18. So

According to this line of thinking, the typical Gazan is a terrorist, given that a majority voted for Hamas.

Of course the vast majority of Israelis detest extremist price tag attacks such as these, as shown by their vocal outrage against them.

But that probably won't sway your opinion as you're clearly one of those "all Palestinians are terrorists" types. Facts don't influence your opinions.

[King_David]

14. Agree 100%

[oberliner]

11. Typical Israelis are thugs and vandals?

You actually believe this?

[shira]

13. One goal of the delegitimizers & haters is to promote & spread such beliefs. n/t

[azurnoir]

12. The olive harvest in the WB has begun and

Settlers attack Palestinian olive farmers for 2nd time in 2 days

Dozens of Israeli settlers protected by soldiers burned and damaged olive trees on Palestinian lands in the Yasuf village near Salfit in the northern West Bank on Friday, the second suck attack in the last two days.

Settlers from the Kfar Tappuah settlement set fire to and damaged several olive trees on Friday while Israeli soldiers in the area stood by watching, eyewitnesses said.

The lands that were attacked reportedly belonged to Nafiz and Issam Ali Mansour.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=732388

[azurnoir]

16. Settlers beat woman picking olives with her children near Salfit

A large group of Israeli settlers on Saturday morning violently beat a young Palestinian woman while she was picking olives from trees in an orchard in the village of Yasuf in the Salfit district in the central West Bank, a Palestinian official said.

The assault is the third such attack on Palestinian olive pickers in three days, creating concern about unchecked settler violence as the olive harvest kicks off across the West Bank.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that 25-year-old Alaa Fathi Atiyani and her children were picking olives in a field in the al-Masamic area outside of Yasuf village at the time of the alleged assault.

He said that ten settlers arrived from the nearby Kfar Tappuah settlement and assaulted Atiyani, beating her "brutally."

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=732483

[Jefferson23]

17. Charming. Who is it again that needs security for their protection? n/t