Israeli settlers burn 100 olive trees in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers destroyed over 100 olive trees on Monday and Tuesday, in the neighbouring Palestinian villages of Burin and Madama in the Nablus region, north of the West Bank. local residents told The New Arab. “Dozens of settlers set fire to the village’s agricultural lands on Monday and then again on Tuesday, burning around 150 dunams of land,” Ibrahim Omran, the mayor of Burin told The New Arab. “We lost more than 100 olive trees and countless quantities of seasonal crops of grain and vegetables,” the mayor detailed. “The Israeli army was present all the time and just let it happen.” “The…

Read More