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Fifty trees defaced, uprooted in suspected West Bank hate crime

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Published: 22 September 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Palestinian village of As-Sawiya, where crime occurred, has been repeatedly subjected to acts of violence and vandalism

Fifty trees defaced, uprooted in suspected West Bank hate crime (Haaretz)
Three dozen trees were uprooted and 20 more despoiled in As-Sawiya, a Palestinian village that has been repeatedly subjected to acts of violence and vandalism

Israeli cops thought the Palestinian shepherd stole a car, so they shot him in the head (Haaretz)
In the dead of night, Border Police stopped a car carrying three young Palestinians and without a word shot one of them in the head, point blank. Now he may lose his eyesight

Photo: Trees defaced in As-Sawiya, the West Bank, September 18 (Yesh Din rights group)
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