Four PA Arabs Caught Cutting Down Olive Trees

Arutz Sheva ^ | Nov 21, 2006 | IsraelNN.com

[ScaniaBoy]

Four Palestinian Authority Arabs were caught by Samaria district police Tuesday evening as they were trying to cut down olive trees.

The four claimed they were working for the owner of the property, who sent them to cut down the trees. Police launched an investigation to question the owner and determine whether the four have been involved in similar incidents in the past. They were held for questioning.

[ScaniaBoy]

I guess it is that time of the year.

[Man50D]

I'm surprised they didn't try to blow up the Olive trees.

[anotherview]

Nope, cutting them down and blaming the evil "settlers" is the usual tactic.

[bygolly]

They probably just wanted to pass around a few olive branches...

[diamond6]

LOL!!!

[ScaniaBoy]

PING!

(I remember last year when some FReepers were convinced that the palies would never do something like this to their own trees.

There have of course been a number of court cases where Arabs have been convicted of destroying olive orchards and trying to blame the Jews, but never mind. Facts are so elusive....)

[Dixie Yooper]

Just confess and say you did it. Who knows, maybe someday they will call you the Father of Palestine.

[marlon]

Better olive trees than sawing off heads.

[The Blitherer]

This story is just so emblematic of the Arab culture as a whole.

[caver]

Maybe they couldn't find a pine tree and decided to use an olive trees for Christmas.

[pax_et_bonum]

It's agricultural warfare/terrorism:

"The culture of olive trees requires the patience of generations of agriculturists. The olive tree is green and non-deciduous, with a gray trunk that comes to appear wrinkled and knotty. An olive tree takes twenty-five (25) to fifty (50) years to mature, however, it begins to give fruit six (6)to eight (8) years after planting. The olive tree is an evergreen tree, and stands anywhere from 10-50 feet high. An average tree will yield about 22 pounds of olives during harvest, and the best yields are often from mature trees exceeding 250 years of age."

olive tree info

[Ilky Hucktar]

Did they scream, wild eyed, "Allah Ackbar" as they severed the trees' trunks from their roots?

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Tomorrow the world media runs pictures of olive trees cut down by Israeli settlers

[ScaniaBoy]

Tomorrow the world media runs pictures of olive trees cut down by Israeli settlers

I won't bet against it.

[RobbyS]

Well, that's the kind of thing their ancestors did in the 7th Century when they overran Palestine.

[Neo-Luddite]

It's pretty rotten regardless of politics. It's more akin to plowing salt into the fields than burning one year's crops. I'm not an eco-guy and have little knowledge of agriculture, but that story is crap.

[pax_et_bonum]

It's pretty rotten regardless of politics. It's more akin to plowing salt into the fields than burning one year's crops.

Right.

[Right Wing Assault]

Maybe they will start sawing each others' heads off and blaming it on the Israelis. Oh, I guess they are already doing some of that.

[Alouette]

For all those who claim IsraelNN is a "biased, right-wing, pro-settler source"

YNet: 4 Palestinians detained for cutting down olive trees

[Crolis]

Heh, for a second there, I thought "PA" meant Pennsylvania. Guess I should read the article!