Jun 5, 2019
Last year some 200 cherry trees were uprooted and destroyed by Arabs in the region.
The terrorists are aiming particularly at the cherry trees because Gush Etzion holds a much-anticipated cherry festival every year that attracts Israelis and tourists from all over the country.
A grove of 50 newly planted trees in the Jewish community of Nokdim, in eastern Gush Etzion, were also uprooted – and stolen by Arab thieves – after they were planted in memory of terror victim Ori Ansbacher, z’l, across from her home community of Tekoa.