A horde of extremist Jewish settlers uprooted last night dozens of olive saplings in Qabalan town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said that 120 olive saplings had been uprooted by settlers on Friday night adding that the grove belongs to farmer Harbi Kamal.
Meanwhile residents of Einabus town in southern Nablus fended off a group of Jewish settlers who attacked their homes in the eastern area of the town.
Settler violence against Palestinians is only one of many methods Israel use to gain control of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
Settlers carry out a variety of violent acts against Palestinians under military protection including physical assaults stone throwing threats and harassment damaging of trees and crops vandalism of cars blocking of roads and even firing of live ammunition. However their crimes increase during the Palestinian olive harvest season.
