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<p>BETHLEHEM, (PIC)&#8211; Israeli bulldozers began early Tuesday morning plowing through &#8221;vast&#8221; Palestinian farmlands and uprooting olive trees to pave the way for an extension of the apartheid wall in Al-Walaja village in western Bethlehem province.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Tensions envelop the village as Israeli soldiers have suppressed locals, reporters, and dozens of outside supporters who emerged to help stop the operation, locals said.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Protests managed to foil the operation for a few hours until heavy back-up arrived at the scene.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Locals said over sixty olive and pine trees were torn down in the excavations.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Palestinian sources reported spotting Israeli forces closing off one area of the village after attacking reporters covering the incident and activists from Spain who arrived to support the locals.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Elsewhere, an Israeli planning committee has notified locals in the Malih area of northern Jordan Valley that it would tear down dozens of local structures, including shacks and nomadic tents.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The structures were built allegedly without permits on what the Israeli army has declared a military zone.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The committee officials handed out a total of 35 notices, a local has told our correspondent.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">&#8221;The occupation (Israel) aims at evacuating the Jordan Valley of its indigenous population for the sake of expanding settlements in the area,&#8221; said local activist Mohammed Daraghema.</p>
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