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A tree in the Palestinian village of Burin, in the northern West Bank, that was badly damaged in an alleged settler hate crime. (courtesy Yesh Din)
November 11, 2019, 3:40 pm
Palestinian olive groves vandalized amid spate of settler hate crimes
Rights group says nearly 100 trees on privately owned farms in northern West Bank chopped into pieces, causing severe damage during annual harvest
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand by as masked Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinian protesters (unseen) gathering during a demonstration against construction on an Israeli outpost near the Palestinian village of Turmusaya and the settlement of Shilo, north of Ramallah in the West Bank, October 17, 2019. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
October 22, 2019, 12:38 am
In 2nd attack in less than 48 hours, settlers throw rocks at troops near Yitzhar
Border Police use stun grenades to disperse rioters throwing stones, paint bottles close to West Bank settlement; IDF declares area of weekend attack a closed military zone
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: A military jeep is damaged in riots by settlers near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar on October 20, 2019. (Courtesy)
October 20, 2019, 8:03 am
IDF soldier lightly injured by rock as 30 settlers attack troops, puncture tires
Security forces fire in air to disperse riot near Yitzhar; protesters hurl stones, slash tires of military vehicles; settler leader condemns incident
By Jacob Magid and TOI staff
Illustrative: Residents of the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar clash with security forces during a demolition of an illegal structure on June 25, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 20, 2019, 6:05 am
Settler youth arrested for threatening IDF officer
Yitzhar resident, who was held on suspicion of attacking left-wing activists earlier this week, picked up again over incident involving Golani commander
By Jacob Magid
Masked settlers near Givat Ronen hurl stones at Palestinian farmer on October 19, 2019. (Screen capture/Yesh Din)
October 19, 2019, 9:37 pm
Masked settlers filmed hurling rocks, stealing olives of Palestinian farmers
Rights group says 3 residents of Burin in West Bank hurt by Israeli youth from Givat Ronen outpost in week’s 2nd reported incident of settler violence surrounding harvest
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians gather during a protest march dispersed by the IDF near the Shiloh settlement on October 17, 2019. (Sharona Weiss/Yesh Din)
October 17, 2019, 8:28 pm
Protesting new West Bank outpost, Palestinians clash with soldiers and settlers
Border cop lightly injured; Israeli and Palestinian arrested; both sides hurl rocks at each other and at security forces dispatched to scene
By Jacob Magid
Rabbis for Human Rights activist Moshe Yehudai, who the NGO says was assaulted by a group of masked settlers in the northern West Bank on October 16, 2019. (Rabbis for Human Rights)
October 16, 2019, 7:04 pm
Settlers accused of beating rabbi, 80, who was aiding Palestinian olive harvest
Octogenarian Israeli activist and four foreigners injured in northern West Bank when assailants arrived with crowbars, went on to burn hundreds of trees, Yesh Din says
By Jacob Magid
An olive tree sabotaged in the Palestinian village of Yasuf on July 27, 2019. (Radi Attiani/Yesh Din)
September 24, 2019, 8:07 pm
Settlers accused of stealing olives from Palestinian crop ahead of harvest
Resident of northern West Bank village says produce from 42 trees was stolen, just two months after 52 of his family’s trees were chopped down
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian farmer Mahmoud Abu Shinar stands next to destroyed olive trees, near the West Bank village of Turmus Aya, north of Ramallah, on October 22, 2018. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
November 9, 2018, 10:04 am
Olive tree sabotage plagues Palestinian farmers
Extremist settlers seen as prime culprits in rampant vandalism throughout West Bank, with some 7,000 trees said cut down since start of 2018
By Joe Dyke
Olive trees found maimed in the Palestinian village of Al-Mughayyir, on October 14, 2018. (Yesh Din)
October 14, 2018, 8:47 pm
Settlers accused of targeting Palestinian olive trees as harvest kicks off
In coordination with IDF, farmers from four different West Bank villages arrive at fields to find crops stolen or damaged
By Jacob Magid
Grape vines from a West Bank Palestinian vineyard destroyed in an apparent hate crime on May 22, 2018, (Halhul municipality)
May 22, 2018, 11:28 pm
Hundreds of Palestinian grapevines destroyed in second incident in week
Some two acres of vines destroyed north of Hebron, near site of similar vandalism last week
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian vineyard near Hebron where some 400 grape vines were chopped down in an apparent hate crime attack on May 16, 2018. (B'Tselem)
May 16, 2018, 4:42 pm
In apparent hate crime attack, 400 grapevines destroyed in Palestinian vineyard
A boulder with spray-painted Hebrew phrase ‘we will reach every place’ also found at scene near Hebron
By Jacob Magid
One of the 15 olive trees chopped down in the northern West Bank village of Urif in an apparent hate crime on April 28, 2018. (Urif Municipality)
April 29, 2018, 12:36 am
Olive trees cut down in second attack on Palestinian village in as many days
On Friday, two vehicles were damaged in same village — Urif, in the northern West Bank
By Jacob Magid
'Death to Arabs' spray painted on the wall of a building in the West Bank Arab village of Urif in an apparent price tag attack on April 18, 2018. (Rabbis for Human Rights)
April 18, 2018, 5:40 pm
Palestinian village vandalized, trees cut down in apparent hate attack
Over two dozen olive trees destroyed, ‘Death to Arabs’ and ‘Drive them out’ spray painted on walls in West Bank’s Urif
By Jacob Magid
An olive tree outside the Palestinian village of Hawara that was uprooted by settlers from nearby Yitzhar on January 13, 2018. (Zacharia Sadeh/Rabbis for Human Rights)
January 14, 2018, 8:24 am
Settlers filmed destroying 100 Palestinian olive trees as IDF appears to look on
Army says it dispersed Israelis who have been involved in eight such attacks since drive-by killing of rabbi by Palestinian terrorists
By Jacob Magid
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