A horde of Jewish settlers on Tuesday wreaked havoc on a Palestinian owned vineyard in al Khader town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

Local official Hasan Bureijia that settlers chopped off dozens of grapevines in Faghour area near the town, which is encircled by illegal settlements.

About 400 olive trees in the agricultural area of Wadi Fukin village, west of Bethlehem, were uprooted or destroyed by settlers on Monday.

Over the past two weeks, 800 olive trees and grapevines were vandalized in similar attacks in al-Khader town.

 

Source: The Palestinian Information Center