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Titolo: Palestinian farmer: Army likely involved in uprooting our trees

Palestinian farmer: Army likely involved in uprooting our trees 
 
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent 
 
Mohammed Mukbal, a Palestinian land owner whose olive trees were uprooted
by settlers two weeks ago, said Wednesday that the settlers prevented him
from entering his land in order to foil a scheduled meeting between him
and Israel Defense Forces representatives.
Settlers from the West Bank outpost of Adei Ad uprooted 300 of Mukbal's
trees and replanted some of them decoratively along the entrance to the
outpost.
According to Mukbal, he wanted to enter the property, in coordination with
the IDF, in order to count how many of the uprooted trees had been
replanted. About a week ago, the Civil Administration ordered the settlers
to return to Mukbal 120 trees they had taken.
 
 
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The IDF closed the area off Wednesday morning in order to prevent settlers
from entering Mukbal's land. 
Earlier Wednesday, Mukbal's said that Israeli security forces may have
been involved in the uprooting of his trees.
Mukbal's attorney Michael Sfard, the legal advisor of the human rights
group "Yesh Din", has asked the Binyamin police department whether the
internal affairs department is investigating the incident.
Mukbal, a resident of the West Bank Village Kfar Karyut, told Haaretz last
week that he planted the trees in 1965. He told police that his family had
seen an army jeep in the area around the time when the trees were
uprooted, a fact which led them to suspect that security forces had been
involved.
Mukbal says that the Civil Administration promised him that all 300 trees
would be returned. The administration denies that he was given this
promise, saying that 30 adult trees are supposed to be donated by Israelis
but that they have no intention of purchasing young trees for Mukbal.
The Adei Ad settlers deny that Mukbal owns the land. Binyamin local
council chairman Pinhas Wallerstein told Haaretz that the olives were
uprooted because they no longer bore fruit.
Mukbal has presented documents proving that he is the land owner. He also
has a letter from the Civil Administration recommending that part of his
land be "closed off to Israelis". However since last November, this part
of Mukbal's land has been inaccessible to him - not the settlers.
 
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Palestinian farmer: Army likely involved in uprooting our trees 
 
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent 
 
Mohammed Mukbal, a Palestinian land owner whose olive trees were uprooted
by settlers two weeks ago, said Wednesday that the settlers prevented him
from entering his land in order to foil a scheduled meeting between him
and Israel Defense Forces representatives.
Settlers from the West Bank outpost of Adei Ad uprooted 300 of Mukbal's
trees and replanted some of them decoratively along the entrance to the
outpost.
According to Mukbal, he wanted to enter the property, in coordination with
the IDF, in order to count how many of the uprooted trees had been
replanted. About a week ago, the Civil Administration ordered the settlers
to return to Mukbal 120 trees they had taken.
The IDF closed the area off Wednesday morning in order to prevent settlers
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