Palie tree-hugger sobbing and clutching "destroyed" tree.
California olive grower looking at grove of pruned trees.
Posted on 11/28/2005 6:58:26 AM PST by SJackson
Once again, reports that Jewish settlers cut down Arab-owned olive trees are suspected to be a "left-wing provocation" against the Jews of Judea and Samaria.
It was widely reported Sunday, in the name of Arab sources in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas, that Jewish settlers from the Shomron had chopped down 200 olive trees owned by Arabs. The Ynet site, for instance, wrote, "Palestinian sources reported that settlers from an outpost near Elon Moreh had cut down" the trees.
The reports were immediately followed by condemnations of the Jewish population in the Shomron and Israel's rule there. The extremist left-wing organization "Peace Now" released a statement saying that the incident was a direct result of the lack of law enforcement in the areas and the continuing "problem of the [Jewish] outposts."
However, the Yesha Council looked into the matter and said that though "we condemn all violence, including harming Palestinian property," it had found that the incident was apparently a provocation staged by extreme left-wing activists who "wish to sully their Jewish brothers, while at the same time extending their hand to terrorists."
The residents of Elon Moreh, in a statement, "wish to emphasize that we have no connection with this incident, which is based on the testimony of a single Arab."
A widely-published AP photo of an Arab woman weeping and embracing an allegedly chopped-down tree (similar photos were taken by Reuters, AFP, and others] shows that the trunk is intact, and that only the top branches are cut off - as if it had been purposely pruned. In fact, the Haifa-based Land of Israel Task Force says that this is exactly what happened.
"The left-wingers and Arabs pulled the same trick last year," Task Force head Aviad Visuly said, "and using the same method." Photos of the trees show that the branches were sawed off in a manner that is beneficial to the trees. "Why would vandals bother sawing off each individual branch? Wouldn't they just cut down the trunk?"
The branches begin growing back 2-3 months after they are cut, and grow to full size within two years. "In the meanwhile," Visuly said, "the orchard owners receive stipends from the Saudis, via the PA."
Visuly said that left-wing activists look for trees that have been pruned, and then blame the Jews for cutting them. "They have even admitted to the police that they do this," he said, "such as in the case of Ein Avus near Hawara [south of Shechem]. In that incident, they blamed the people of [nearby] Yitzhar, because Yitzhar was a convenient media target. Two Jews were arrested for five days and were then released with no charges whatsoever. Today, it's convenient for them to accuse the people of Elon Moreh. If the police had an investigator who was half-fair, he would throw the case out."
Two years ago, a similar story on Arutz-7 began as follows: "It led to anti-settler headlines, international embarrassment for the State of Israel, condemnations, and apologetics - and yet it all may have been one big bluff, or worse." At the time, international media reported as fact that Jews had destroyed the Arab trees, and President Katzav and Prime Minister Sharon issued statements implying that the Jews were responsible. Even the Yesha Council said that the tree-cutting had "defamed the entire sector of Jews living in Judea, Samaria and Gaza."
What went under-reported was that the police began to suspect that left-wing Israelis and Arabs were behind the incident. The police even asked Rabbi Arik Asherman of the Reform Movement and an Arab who filed charges against Jewish Yesha residents to submit to lie-detector tests - but it was reported at the time that the two had refused.
A Jewish National Fund expert brought in by the police concluded that no lasting damage was done to the trees, and that the tree-cutters did not "cut down" the trees, but rather "pruned" them.
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Settlers destroy Palestinian olive trees [Happens Every Year This Time]
Of course this report comes from the lying right wing settlers. They can be ignored, "Peace Now" got it right.
Palie tree-hugger sobbing and clutching "destroyed" tree.
California olive grower looking at grove of pruned trees.
And yet, on my evening news, I watched Palestinian morons destroy perfectly functioning Jewish greenhouses that could have fed their own families, and smash them into useless bits. Mugbe would be proud!
Hahhaa, that pic of the treehugger is priceless! Reminds me of Shindy Sheehan's grief stricken photos ;-)
If this woman was smart, she would be gathering up all the wood for the kitchen stove. Aren't these the same jackasses who destroyed the greenhouses?
I predict this thread doesn't generate 200 + comments.
You're probably right. Some of the comments on the other thread were, shall we say, interesting?
Paging Mr Beilin, Mr Beilin, white Surrender Phone please. Mr Beilin, white Surrender Phone please.
Destroyed the greenhousess as well as burned down houses of worship. The picture is a classic though.
Maybe she's a 'suicide tree hugger" and longs for the chipper..
I figured they'd desecrate the synagogues, but I was surprised at their level of stupidity in destroying the means for their survival and prosperity. If it wasn't for stupid Western governments shelling out money, they would have been extinct by now.
Israel is one topic where many freepers side with the hard left.
Crazy. I guess they don't understand that Israel is our only friend in the ME.
"Palestine is the wrong name for their State. It should be called Anarchy."—FReeper sgtbono2002
"Then let's wait and see what the Arabs do after they take Gaza. There's nothing like Arab reality to break up a Jewish fantasy."—FReeper Noachian
A student told his professor he was going to "Palestine" to "fight for freedom, peace and justice,"—Orwellian leftist code words that mean "murder Jews."
The Nature Of Bruce ~
Ya think? Why is it I rarely see that?
The tree-hugging photo, with the Israeli jeep and soldier in the background (looking like he's ready to open fire?), unfortunately is excellent propaganda, one that the anti-Israel world press embraces.
"I was surprised at their level of stupidity in destroying the means for their survival and prosperity"
Here it's called "just keepin' it real".
Ouch! hehehe, made me laugh : )
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