Olyan Olyan, a Palestinian farmer, is lamenting the loss of his 70-year-old fruit trees to illegal Israeli settler expansion. In Battir, Israeli settlers have illegally seized Palestinian lands - such as that of Olyan's farm - despite the ancient village's international recognition of being UNESCO-protected. 40% of the occupied West Bank is now under Israeli control - threatening the feasibility of a future Palestinian state
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