Illegal Israeli settlers torch Palestinian crops

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Date: 07 / 07 / 2007 Time: 18:35

Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Illegal Israeli settlers from Enav settlement, on Saturday set Palestinian fields ablaze in the village of Ramin, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.

According to a representative from the general command of factional coordination, Sadiq Salih, 150 dunams (150,000m²) were incinerated.

The land had been used to cultivate wheat, olives, almonds and figs in the area called Wadi Al-A'raj, west of Ramin.

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