Ha'aretz (Israel) : "Settlers attack Palestinians following outpost evacuation " par Anshell Pfeffer et Jack Khoury

Last update - 15:35 20/07/2009    


Settlers attack Palestinians following outpost evacuation  

By Anshel Pfeffer and Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondents  


Israeli settlers on horseback set fire on Monday to at least 1,500 Palestinian-owned olive trees in the West Bank as others stoned cars, a
Palestinian security official said.

The incident occurred hours after security forces razed a number of structures built in unauthorized outposts in the West Bank.

Two Palestinian motorists were lightly wounded and five vehicles damaged near the settlement of Yitzhar, outside the Palestinian town of Nablus, said the official, Ghassan Daglas.

He said 10 settlers riding horses and carrying torches set fire to between 1,500 and 2,000 olive trees. Olives are an important cash crop for Palestinians, who have complained of frequent attacks on their groves by settlers.

The violence is part of a "price tag" policy in which settlers retaliate to the outpost removals by harassing local Palestinians.

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