Army bulldoze trees in a village near Bethlehem
Wednesday August 15, 2007 11:21
by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News
Israeli army bulldozers started to bulldoze trees in a forest located near Al Walaja west of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank on Wednesday morning.
Witnesses said that the attacked forest consists of 2200 trees and belongs to Crimasan catholic convent and winery. the Israeli army plans to bullied a section of the illegal wall there.
If this section of the wall will be completed the Bethlehem district will lose all its lands in addition Al Walaja and nearby villages will be cut off from the village and will be totally isolated because of the wall.
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