04 February 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
The Israeli army has destroyed a nature reserve and uprooted
agricultural seedlings near the city of Hebron, in the south of the
occupied West Bank. The 1,200 acre reserve was established with funding
from the ACF International and the Ministry of Agriculture in Ramallah.
Ratib Al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular committee in Yatta,
said that the Israeli army and civil administration bulldozers entered
the nature reserve near Alfkheid village on Tuesday morning and uprooted
the seedlings. He pointed out that the Israeli occupation authorities
have ordered the deportation of local residents in Alfkheid and seven
other villages in order to convert the area into a so-called military
zone. The destruction of the nature reserve has to be seen in that
context, regarded as part of Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
from their land.
Link: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/9583-israeli-army-destroys-hebron-nature-reserve.
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