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Wed 07 Jul 2009Settlers destroy trees on West Bank
JEWISH SETTLERS yesterday destroyed 40 trees owned by Palestinian West Bank farmers amid tension over reports that the Israeli government was planning a widespread operation to dismantle some two dozen illegal outposts erected by settlers throughout the West Bank.
The Ha’aretznewspaper said the defence ministry drew up plans for 23 hilltop communities, populated by 1,200 settlers, to be destroyed in a single-day operation, the largest of its kind ever planned against Jewish communities in the West Bank.
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