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BETHLEHEM, May 3, 2014 – (WAFA) – Israeli settlers chopped down Saturday scores of Roman-era olive trees near Nahalin located to the west of Bethlehem, a local official said.

A group of settlers from the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Beit ‘Ayn raided al-Jamjoum area, located to the west of Nahalin, and chopped down 50 olive trees, including Roman-era olive trees, using a chainsaw, according to Head of Nahalin Local Council Ibrahim Shakarneh.

Shakarneh added that settlers have recently intensified their attacks against the lands of Nahalin; they have persisted in their attempts to level the Palestinian villagers lands, pump wastewater into them and uproot and chop down villagers’ trees.

Settlers’ attempts are aimed at preventing farmers from accessing their lands in order to seize them for settlement construction.

K.F.