Israeli settlers at dawn Friday destroyed 20 Palestinian-owned olive trees in al-Mughayyir village in Ramallah.
Former head of al-Mughayyir’s village council Faraj al-Na’san said that the Israeli settlers cut down olive trees owned by the Palestinian farmer Abdulhay al-Na’san who planted them over 30 years ago.
Salah al-Khawaja a member of the Popular Campaign Against the Wall and Settlement said that this attack was not the first of its kind. The village has been repeatedly attacked by Israeli settlers he added.
According to al-Khawaja settler attacks include cutting olive trees preventing Palestinian farmers from entering their lands burning crops and vandalizing Palestinian property.
