BETHLEHEM, February 22, 2011 (WAFA)- Israeli forces Tuesday bulldozed and confiscated hundreds of olive trees in Jubbah, a village south of Bethlehem, and moved them into an unknown location.
Awad Abu Swai, in charge of Wall and Settlement affairs in the Ministry of Agriculture, said that bulldozers uprooted 240 olive trees from the area.
Uprooting of olive trees is continuing in another area called Khillet Farwaneh and soldiers didn’t allow journalists to reach the area, added Abu Swai.
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