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Settlers destroy Palestinian olive trees in W.Bank

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

OCTOBER 9, 2010 17:15

IRAQ BURIN, West Bank — A group of Jewish settlers ripped off branches and cut the roots of Palestinian olive trees in the West Bank village of Burin, residents said Saturday, as the yearly harvest of the important crop begins.

Some two dozen men from a nearby settlement damaged the trees in Burin after they tried to attack Palestinians bulldozing an access road to their fields, said Bilal Eid, who witnessed the incident.

"The settlers began cutting the trees, trying to kill the roots. They are trying to scare us," Eid said. The damage could kill the trees, which were meant to be harvested this week, he said.

A military spokeswoman said security forces dispersed the settlers from the area.

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