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Olive tree sabotage plagues Palestinian farmers

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Palestinian farmer Mahmud Abu Shinar surveys two rows of severed olive trees -- something he says has become a sadly familiar sight. He didn't see who took a chainsaw to them at night, but he blames residents of an Israeli settlement a few hundred metres away.

Added on the 09/11/2018 03:00:00 - Copyright : AFP EN

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