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UN finds "crisis of dignity" as settlers destroy Palestine's olive trees | The Electronic Intifada

UN finds "crisis of dignity" as settlers destroy Palestine's olive trees | The Electronic Intifada
SALEM (IPS) - Affixed to a large cement bloc, the rusted, gray gate leading Palestinian farmers from the northern West Bank village of Salem to their olive groves was opened for four days this year.

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