2000 Jewish-planted Vine Saplings Cut in Shiloh Bloc

At the Achiyah Vineyards, in the Shiloh Bloc.

Between 8 to 9 dunams.

Some 2000 vine saplings cut at the base.

Ten of thousands of shekels in immediate financial loss as well as the future wine.

The clip from HaKol HaYehudi:-

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Now I Have To Check Out Another Claim

The Pals.' Doughlas is at it again:

Dozens of settlers took over 60 dunums of Palestinian land in the Nablus district on Tuesday, Palestinian Authority official Ghassan Doughlas said.

Doughlas, who holds the settlements file for the northern West Bank, said settlers erected fences around the land and began digging. The land belongs to Jalud village, which is surrounded by four illegal settlements.

Jaloud is east and slightly north of Shiloh.  So:-

[Legend: Shiloh is in the diamond; Shvut Rachel is in the triangle; Achiyah is the square; Jaloud is in the ellipse; Qaryut is in the rectangle]


So, I have to go out and look but its dark. So please wait. It could get complicated as a few days ago this was reported:-

December 22 (QNA) – Jewish settlers Wednesday seized 30 donums of land near the village of Jaloud in Nablus area, owned by Palestinians. Ghassan Daghlas, who is in charge of jewish settelment in the northern westrn bank said the settlers seized control of the land and started to plough it.

And in October, this, that 1000 dunma were confiscated from Jaloud.

I wish they'd make up their minds.

Of course, maybe it's a result of PA road works.

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From Achiyah To Ramat Shmuel Neighborhood in Shiloh

On Achiyah Hill, at the Yossi Shuker Outlook, viewing slightly north-west towards the Ramat Shmuel neighborhood in Shiloh:

and that's my house at the end of the arrow:



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Jewish Fields and Crops Burned

First, there were stories about Jews uprooting Arab olive trees.

As I wrote there, I couldn't get any information more than the Arab announcement. No confirmation. Have you seen any evidence of their tale? We have a name, Abdelhameed Muhsen, but I don't have his phone number.

But I was at Achiyah this morning. And do you know what I saw? I saw lots of Jewish land burnt. Saplings destroyed. In between Achiyah and Esh Kodesh.

The photographic evidence:

a) looking north-east from Achiyah, along the ridge is Jaloud. There's the last Jewish house (at present) in the lower-left corner and the Arab village a few hundred meters on. And in the lower right-hand corner, already you can see the remnants of the third (!) fire in the past 8 days set by Arabs.



b) the burned area there at the bottom of the slope:


c) a close-up of the charred remnants:


d) to the east, the extent of the damage:


e) to the north-east and on the ridge is Kuzra, an Arab village, and center below, more damaged area:


f) Esh-Kodesh on the horizon and the end of the blackened wadi:


Did you hear or see of this series of incidents?


And now over at INN.


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