Israel orders vegetation removal from Palestinian land ahead of olive harvest

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

LONDON: Israel has ordered the removal of vegetation from about 339,000 sq. meters, or almost 84 acres, of Palestinian land in the northern and central occupied West Bank, a Palestinian Authority body said on Tuesday. The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said the military orders affect agricultural land in the Jenin and Ramallah, and Al-Bireh governorates, including areas planted with olive trees. One order calls for uprooting olive trees on 178,710 sq. meters (44 acres) o