Settlers of the Alon Shafot settlement outpost, adjacent to Kfar Atzion settlement, south of Bethlehem uprooted hundreds of Olive trees in Khirbit Zakariyya area, in the village of Artas , south of Bethlehem.
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A local source in Artas , reported that uprooted grapevines, peach trees, and several vegetables plants in farmlands which belong to Salah Mohammad Shahin, Mohammad Ibrahim Shahin, and Sa’id Ibrahim Shahin.
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Salah Shain said that the settlers uprooted 399 trees in their recent attack which followed a series of attacks carried out by the settlers over the last few days, in an attempt to grab the land and annex them to the settlement.
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Khirbit Zakariyya, 3000 Dunams in size, and inhibited by 300 residents; the Israeli authorities bar the residents from constructing any facilities on their lands claiming that they are owned by the Israeli government, and require special construction permits. ÂÂ
