Israeli occupation authority plans to uproot 1000 olive trees

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has informed Palestinian farmers in Wadi Qana in Deir Estiya village, west of Salfit, that one thousand of their olive trees would be chopped off.

Local sources told the PIC reporter on Saturday that the IOA wants to expropriate more Palestinian land in the valley to annex them to settlements in the area.

The sources said that the IOA has turned Wadi Qana into a natural sanctuary, noting that the land is rich in water springs and is cultivated with olive and citrus trees in addition to vegetables.

The number of Israeli settlements in Salfit province has surpassed that of Palestinian villages and towns. Statistics indicate that more than 20,000 Jewish settlers inhabit the Ar’il settlement alone.