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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Louis Baudoin-Laarman

Israeli Settlement Threatens Palestinian UNESCO Village

Olayan Olayan overlooks the valley containing a new Israeli settler outpost (Credit: AFP)

On a hillside near Palestinian landowner Olayan Olayan's olive groves, young Israeli settlers are hammering out a new, illegal outpost in a UNESCO-protected zone.

Olayan and his neighbours have long battled attempts to settle the land in Battir, a heritage site in the Israeli-occupied West Bank famed for its ancient stone terraces.

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