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BETHLEHEM, December 4, 2012 (WAFA) – Jewish settlers, protected by Israeli soldiers, uprooted and stole around 200 olive trees from a land in the village of al-Jabaa, west of Bethlehem, a local official said Tuesday.

Nomaan Hamdan, head of al-Jabaa village council, told WAFA that settlers brought a bulldozer to uproot the trees from a land that belongs to Ibrahim Hamdan, demolished several retaining walls and razed a large area of the land.

He said the settlers, who took the trees away, claim they own the plot.

T.R./M.S.