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Israeli settlers uproot 500 Palestinian olive saplings in West Bank

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Israeli settlers have once again attacked Palestinian properties, destroying hundreds of olive saplings in the occupied West Bank.

Local activists say a group of attackers from the Metzad settlement has uprooted 500 newly-planted olive trees near the town of Shoyoukh. The destruction comes a week after Israelis from the same settlement pulled 70 olive saplings out of the ground outside the city of Hebron also known as al-Khalil. The olive industry provides a livelihood for about 80-thousand Palestinian families in the West Bank. Israel has uprooted more than 800-thousand olive trees in the occupied Palestinian territories since 1967. 


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