Jewish settlers set fire to 200 olive trees in Nablus village

Jewish settlers set fire to Palestinian olive trees to the west of Hawara village, south of Nablus city, at noon Wednesday.

Mu’een Dumeidi, the Hawara village council chairman, told the PIC reporter that scores of masked Jewish settlers, disguised as Palestinians, set 200 olive trees on fire.

He said that firefighters from nearby Burin village arrived to the scene and put off the blaze with the help of local municipality teams and civil guards, which helped block the spread of fire to nearby groves.

The mayor said that farmers did not harvest the burnt trees because they were still waiting for permission from the liaison office.

Jewish settlers systematically harass farmers in the village and assault their trees especially in the western areas and at olive harvesting seasons.

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