it's not worth it - the palestinians can do something 1000 times and nothing is said because they are entitled to do anything they want. but heaven forbid if jews do the same thing even once because the whole world will be outraged.

Like the outposts probe that came up with CLEAR EVIDANCE of systematic gouverment-funded theft of Palestinian land and end up shelved in the PMO office? like the Sabra and Shatilla probe that indicted Sharon who ended up te PM of Israel? like the Chidlren death in Khan Younis probe that was also shelved? like the 109832987238r7234 probes opened to appease the international community for 2 days and then end up forgotton?? Come on, if your very existance in the west bank is illegal, why bother about the illegal settlers illegal actions? your setup acts of play are just as foul as your occupation.

I hope the inquiry will be equitable and, if the allegations are true, not only will the victims receive compensation, but the perpetrators should: (1) Have their possessions confiscated to help pay for the compensation, (2) Be forced to replant the trees they destroyed, and (3) Be jailed for at least a few weeks. That ought to teach them.

EACH HOME VALUE $250,000 USD PERSONAL BELONGINGS INCLUDING FURNITURE $50,000. RENT , LOST WAGES, REBUILDING LIFES $300,000. VALUE OF LAND AT CURRENT APPRECIATION $200,000. ARABS OWE GUSH KATIF RESIDENTS A TOTAL $800,000. EACH. WHO WILL PAY?

Why have the investigations resulted in no arrests? Because anyone with any agricultural knowledge looks at the trees and sees branches pruned after harvest. If "those eeville settlers" wanted to destroy trees, why wait until after the harvest and then carefully trim off the top branches so that the fruit will grow back the next year? Where are the pictures of trees that have been spiked, chainsawed at the base of the trunk, burned to the ground? All the photos in the media show ONE PRUNED TREE. The leftists who continue to blame the settlers for a nonexistent "crime" should be prosecuted for fraud.

what you write is repulsive. you are an ignorant, hateful and mean being no less than those who perpetrated such an act. It is jews like you who give value to anti-semitism.

THEIR TREES

to reimburse the Jews for expulsions, confiscation of property, aggressions, and serial murders. Look at the map! 22 Arab states all corrupt, tyrannical and brutal. No wonder the Arabs who claim to be Palestinian have no Arab role models except Arafat, Osama or the house of Saud.

The Arabs who claim to be Palestinian came from somewhere else. They are colonizing the Jewish land. There has never been a sovereign state by the name of Palestine on the surface of this planet. The problem is the Arab capriciousness and temper tantrums if you don't give them what they want is nothing more than a show to advance their treacherous objectives.

I guess, like Goebbels, the settler supporters think that if you just repeat a lie often enough people will start to believe it. Check these links for photos of settler olive tree destruction. Not pruning. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051219/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestsettlers http://www.chris-on-the-bike.de/eappi_uprooting00.htm http://www.btselem.org/English/Photo_Archive/Index.asp

you don't like the truth, grace? what did i write that is "hateful and mean", or even wrong? if you call "hateful and mean" something that has nothing hateful or mean behind it, other than something you disagree with, then you are just intolerant and pretty close-minded. i'm merely pointing out the untold story that never gets mentioned. nothing wrong with that. is free speech not a canadian value? by the way, i am not jewish but i am married to an israeli arab who loves her country.

No wonder Israel is in the process of dismantling its own land. Their leaders are shamefully deluded and unfathomably pandering to the PA enemy. While Mofaz et al opine about olive trees ! and the PA economy, not a word is heard about the new Jewish refugees that this same gov't created, AND about the destruction of 23 thriving Jewish communities. They should duly be concerned with the psychological damage they have done to a large segment of Israel's Jews. At a time that missiles are flying all over Israel from these same PA Arabs, Mofaz is incredibly talking about trees! No wonder the Arabs are so confident in our demise. Our spineless leaders are always saying mea culpa. On a scale of 1 to 10, IF these trees were cut down (and it has been previously shown that these allegations were completely false) I would be hard pressed to swoon and faint. Afterall, would Mofaz rather they take out their justifiable rage on people trying to kill them with guns and bombs??

Come on, uprooted trees is the story of the day? Those mean Israeli's. I disagree with what occured but, how about compensating the Jewish families that have had their sons and daughters carved up with knives.Family members blown up with bombs and shot by upset Arabs, intent on murdering them. So we give a dead plant more coverage than the dead family members. Let's all get a group hug going around a tree. That's the most important thing the Israeli's have to worry about right now. Leave their friggen tree's alone. The international press just eats these stories up. If a Jew kills a frog or a Palestinian's tree, that will be a lead story in Europe and the United States. They are all environmental nut bags. Don't give them nasty articles to write about Jews for petes sakes.

In case anyone has noticed, AN IDF OFFICER WAS MURDERED TODAY by terrorist bomber at one of those "Aparthaid" checkpoints. Yesterday a Jew was stabbed in the throat in Jerusalem by an "innocent Palestinian going about his business." Last week, a father of 4 children was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Hebron, and 2 Israeli hikers were gunned down. The murderers of an Israeli pregnant woman and her four daughters (including an infant who was shot to death while strapped in a car seat) are at large and walking around in Gaza, hailed as "freedom fighting heroes." I'll bet Salameh has their pictures on his wall. Has Abbas the sock puppet put his police to work 24/7 to solve the murder of Tali Hatuel and her daughters, with the same urgency that Mofaz is spending to chase down imaginary "killers" of trees which are normally pruned down at this time? Michael, golem of Prague, Salameh baloney, and everyone else who still believes this Goebbels scheiss opera, it's obvious you care more about PHONEY TREE LIBELS than about ACTUAL MURDERS OF HUMAN BEINGS.

by Michael Steiner's comments? Michael- your jihad awaits.

the blood libels - There was the Dreyfus affair, then accusing Jews of using christian blood to make matzah for pesach etc, etc. These are tales we know too well. This is no different than Pallywood melodramas with ambulances arriving on cue. Remember they seek to discredit Israel in all arenas and cannot be taken at their word. Conduct an investigation vizahoo.

soon enough we will all go to war and then there wont be anyone left to complain about cut olive trees.

Kudos settler crazies for exposing that lie.

that you give to prove Jews cut down trees! ONE tree is shown cut down! And by who??? Most likely a Jew-hater, who then accused Jews of cutting down trees! One of the statements made is: "It is hard to see from the distance, but it looks like the uprooting of trees."

Doesn't your Christian God forbid lying?

Don't tell us that if we say "2 wrongs don't make a right" that means cutting olive trees is as bad as the murder of an IDF officer. Your logic is about on the level of the dumb cartoon name you hide behind. Palestinians are shot and rocketed by the army every day for throwing stones and worse, while the settlers are permitted to spit in the face of Israeli law and Jewish law every day. I don't see soldiers shooting settlers, even when they pour paint thinner on them, so don't compare. And get a lesson in logic.

whose crane was that uprooting the trees? you know, jews DO commit crimes linda rivera. there are prisons in israel and there are many jewish people in them. some of them are religious. i hate to break it to you but jews can do some pretty awful things, just like the rest of us humans. your talking like jews can do no wrong is a dangerous and unhealthy attitude to have linda rivera.

They say, that the photos, of the uprooted trees are to expand the Zufim settlement. So, those aren't the Jewish settlers with a crane. Thanks for sharing, maybe you should read it. Good Luck.

It all about lies, Quote(Mofaz described the incidents as "scandalous" and said that it was unacceptable for a state guided by and morality to accept such a situation), they are uprooting trees almost everyday, if it is related to the 1000 trees that they are caliming, I am sure Palestinians will tolerate.The problem starts when this policy is dedicated by this arrogant Mofaz him self since 2001.ten of thousands of trees have been uprooted.I can guide U to some links all of U could see the Israeli budozeres leveling Palestinian lands all over the place.

He cut the trees of a palestinian old lady who lives close to his property so he could have a better view. He set the first example and now the rest follow.

"I don't see soldiers shooting settlers, even when they pour paint thinner on them, so don't compare. And get a lesson in logic. " Jews did not throw "paint thinner" at soldiers. It was grapefruit juice. I gave you the benefit of the doubt and actually visited your stupid leftist-shill-enabler sites to view the snapshots of "How I spend my Palestinian vacation." Pure scheisscrap. Naughty "settler" teenagers do not have heavy equipment, like the machine that was used to move the tree with rootball attached, for replanting in new location. Here in the U.S.A. we have a law called "eminent domain" and we also have a law called "Certificate of Title" to prove ownership. Unlike the so-called "Palestinian terrortories" where any Arab pisses on a tree trunk to "mark his domain." You made the idiotic claim: "Palestinians are shot and rocketed by the army every day for throwing stones AND WORSE" They do a lot worse than throwing stones. Shooting off rockets at kindergartens, suicide bombings of civilian targets qualify as AND WORSE enough to deserve shooting and targeted assassinations. Meanwhile, "settlers" have done nothing. Or does the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" not apply to Israeli citizens that "David" deems less than human? Happy New Year to you too.

DOES ANYONE '''KNOW''' HOW LONG IT TAKES TO UPROOT A MATURE TREE? THEN HARVESTING AND PRUNING? AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 1000 TREES.. THATS A LOOOOOONG TIME. THAT ALONE DOES NOT GIVE CREDENCE TO THE ARABS CLAIM THAT JEWS DID IT. BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO THE 10 OR 20 OR 30th TREE. SOMEONE WOULDVE NOTICED AND TAKENB A SHOT AT THE ENEMY . THANK ABOUT THAT DAVID/JERUSALEM. THINK ABOUT THAT ENEMIES OF THE JEWS THINK ABOUT THAT....

Once again, please explain where is this "leftist" claim that uprooting olive trees is equivalent to murder and that settlers should be rocketed for it. I haven't seen that one. I can only assume that you made it up. You should give up on your little game of language manipulation and lies, and, as I said before, stop hiding behind your juvenile fake name. Here in Israel we do indeed call "settlers" settlers, and despite your attempt to repeat the lie that it was not paint thinner thrown by settlers on Israeli soldiers, everyone knows that it was. Do you really think that your Goebbels "Big Lie" strategy will work? It's interesting that you throw around legal terms like "eminent domain." Unfortunately, it's clear from the context in which you use it that you don't have the slightest clue what it means. Maybe you should watch more "Southpark."