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Arabs Uproot 100s of Jewish Trees and Grape Vines in Gush Etzion
Ezra HaLevi

Residents of the Gush Etzion hilltop community of Sde Boaz had
hundreds of grape vines and scores of fruit trees uprooted and destroyed
Friday. The latest vandalism, though the most costly yet, is just the latest
in a string of attacks on the community.s property.

The agricultural, eco-friendly community, located about a mile north
of the town of Neve Daniel, was victim to a similar attack on the
Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shvat earlier this year, when one of its orchards
was destroyed.

Systematic Destruction of Community.s Agriculture
Residents of the agricultural community said that in addition to the
destruction of the Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards and fruit trees
Friday, expensive irrigation systems were damaged and stolen as well. The
vandals used donkeys to plow under the hundreds of vines and uproot the
fruit trees.

.This carob tree was planted so our grandchildren could eat of its
fruits,. said resident Gideon Kelman, holding the broken remains one
of the slow-growing trees. .They have destroyed that..

The milk cartons were used by the Gush Etzion Winery to protect the
young vines from deer . Most of the vines were taken, though a few dozen lay strewn about

Amit Barak, a native of the Galilee city of Nazereth and now in
charge of security in Sde Boaz, said that the entire incident happened during
a three-hour window period Friday morning. .Someone went down this
morning to prune his vines and everything was fine, and then, just a few
hours after he finished, we noticed everything had been destroyed..

The vineyards and fruits trees were located on terraces lower down
on the unfenced community.s hillside that cannot be seen from the community
itself, where the IDF and residents conduct regular patrols.

Irrigation was dragged down to the valley, though some hoses caught
on rocks and were left behind on the way
Residents followed the trail and found some of the irrigation
stashed nearby in the hope, ostensibly, that the vandals would be able to
come back for it later

Left-Wing Incitement Heralds Destruction and Attacks
Arabs and leftists have been frequenting the vicinity on almost a
weekly basis since the initial attack on the community.s orchard. That
attack took place in a valley below the community as residents stood by
peacefully on the Sabbath of Tu B.Shvat, refusing to respond to the
provocations by the crowd of foreign activists, who later attacked
IDF soldiers attempting to carry out an arrest.

Last week, foreign activists, at least one claiming to be a
journalist, engaged residents in an hours-long discussion regarding Jewish
rights to live in Judea, Samaria and Israel as a whole. The foreigners, from
the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Palestine Solidarity
Movement (PSM), Taayush and other groups, claimed to be on a fact-finding
tour and were accompanied by local Arab handlers.