NABLUS, Israeli settlers today chopped at least 25 olive trees in privately-owned land in the village of Qaryout, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to a local official, as the olive harvest season is just around the corner.
Ghassan Daghlas, from the settlement watch authority, told WAFA that settlers breached the barbed wire around a plot of land owned by a local farmer and chopped the trees.
The olive harvest is a national holiday and a main source of income for thousands of Palestinian households.
The settlers have been responsible for the destruction of thousands of olive trees in the occupied territories over the years, but mainly around the harvest season to maximize the damage to the farmers and country, without anyone ever being arrested or charged with vandalism of private property, rather, Palestinians charge, they carry out their mischievous acts under the cover and protection of the Israeli army.
Source: Palestine News & Info Agency