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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 03:40 PM Oct 2012

Palestinian Olive Grove Attacked By Jewish Settlers For 2nd Time In Days

AFP , Saturday 13 Oct 2012

Dozens of olive trees were set ablaze in a Palestinian village early on Saturday, in an attack that villagers and Palestinian security officials blamed on Jewish settlers.

Residents of Qaryut village, 15 kilometres (nine miles) south of the West Bank city of Nablus, said that the fires had been set at several different spots simultaneously and security officials said the evidence pointed to an arson attack by residents of the neighbouring settlement of Eli.

Seventy of the village's olive trees were cut down in the early hours of Wednesday, the first day of the olive harvest, a period when Jewish settlers have in the past raided Palestinian farmers and their crops.

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Palestinian Olive Grove Attacked By Jewish Settlers For 2nd Time In Days (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2012 OP
What a bunch of kidders those peace loving Israeli's are geckosfeet Oct 2012 #1
is there any israeli source reporting on this? Mosby Oct 2012 #2
Eli is a relatively secular settlement oberliner Oct 2012 #4
they aren't raiding to steal the crop. hollysmom Oct 2012 #3
ah olive harvest in the West Bank , thanks for posting azurnoir Oct 2012 #5
It was reported in the Israeli press oberliner Oct 2012 #6
well thanks azurnoir Oct 2012 #7

Mosby

(16,168 posts)
2. is there any israeli source reporting on this?
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 04:00 PM
Oct 2012

I ask because generally speaking Jewish settlers would not do this on Shabbat.

Strange priorities I know.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
4. Eli is a relatively secular settlement
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 05:42 PM
Oct 2012

They have some residents who are not especially religious and thus may have been responsible for this criminal act.

Edit to Add: That's not to say that religious folks don't sometimes violate the Sabbath to do this sort of thing as well.

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
3. they aren't raiding to steal the crop.
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 04:35 PM
Oct 2012

Olive trees take a while to mature and the families would move away without income.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
5. ah olive harvest in the West Bank , thanks for posting
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 07:22 PM
Oct 2012

despite insinuation that if Israel doesn't report it -it didn't happen

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
6. It was reported in the Israeli press
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 08:20 PM
Oct 2012

The AFP article was widely reprinted internationally (as are most AFP articles).

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
7. well thanks
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 11:21 PM
Oct 2012

I suppose it was one of those "just sayin is all" type comments as I said it was an insinuation

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