The Israeli army destroyed a natural reserve and uprooted at least 10,000 trees in a military campaign in the northern West Bank in a move that Palestinians termed a horrible crime against humanity.
Moataz Bisharat, responsible for monitoring Israeli settlement activity in the Jordan Valley, said that the occupation army pushed military vehicles and dozens of soldiers into the Ainun area in Tubas city and destroyed a nature reserve built on an area of about 98 acres.
The Zionist occupation army chopped down and destroyed about 10,000 forest trees and about 300 olive trees all together.
These trees were planted in the nature reserve 8 years ago as part of the Greening Palestine project supervised by the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture and funded by the Venezuelan consulate in Palestine.
Bisharat stressed that the destruction of the reserve came as it was classed as a military zone even though it was not more than 300 meters away from residential areas and it served as an “outlet” for residents.
In a statement, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said Israel has formed a special unit whose mission is to wage war on the Jordan Valley.
A security apparatus has been formed to oversee construction and agriculture in Area C and it has undertaken to wipe out the Palestinian presence.
The commission described the incident as a crime and a campaign of eliminating trees, buildings, livestock and direct sources of income. What is happening, is part of a war waged by a terrorist state [Israel] that is purposely burning down green areas.
The Palestinian commission called for international protection for the Palestinian presence in Area C, calling on the international community to stop discrimination in dealing with the crimes of the Israeli occupation.
ABC Flash Point West Bank News 2021.
Same thing here in Curacao, chopping down trees of locals in order for mass tourism to prevail.