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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					20/01/2011 &#8211; 10:14 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)&#8211; Extremist  Jews will exploit a holiday that begins Thursday to expand  internationally illegitimate settlements in the occupied West Bank  without lifting a finger for construction.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The rightist Israeli Kahane movement  announced plans Wednesday to mark Tu Bishvat celebrations by randomly  planting 20,000 trees around settlements in the West Bank. The only rule  is that trees must be planted at least a hundred meters outside  settlements and with at least 150 centimeters between each tree.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">French press quoted an anti-settlement  source as saying: &#8220;They are not only planting trees but are trying gain  land. Instead of homes they are using agriculture.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Meir Bertlar, an organizer of the plan,  said: &#8220;The idea is not to plant inside the settlements or outposts but  outside. That is so we seize outlying land and tighten Jewish grip on it  and stop Arabs from taking over. We will not give lands to our enemies  based on various agreements.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">French press quoted Livi Shazin, a leading  figure in the participating Chassidai Meir movement, as saying: &#8220;There  are many objectives. One is to expand settlements in the West Bank.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">&#8220;If we plant more trees we take over more land for the Jewish people,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7Ix3GiHS8BVYMl26HV4KyeuFRKlkbJt9HlTUa0IHQA8WuTXRmdT9JPilL5I4LDHyPWOILbabx5WVklNZXIV0lxKq47SUAeso%2fp0MgoH9%2bLzg%3d">Jews exploit tree day to expand West Bank settlements</a>.</p>
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