Israeli forces uproot 300 Olive trees in Nablus
Nablus (QNN)- Israeli settlers uprooted today 300 olive trees in Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources said that under the occupation police protection, the forces and Civil Administration escorted a bulldozer to the eastern part of the village and uprooted 300 olive trees, aged 4 years, planted on a 15-donum of land belonging to a Palestinian resident, Saa’d Allan.
Beit Dajan village is the site of weekly protests against the Israeli occupation and settlement expansion, which are often suppressed by Israeli forces.
While the village lands spread across approximately 6,650 acres, according to the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem, large swathes of territory east of the village have been confiscated by the occupation state, labelled military zones and turned into the site for military bases and settlements, which are illegal under international law.
A large part of the village lands were seized for the construction of Al-Hamra and Mekhora (Mehola) illegal settlements, east and southeast of the village, in 1971 and 1973.
