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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Newest Zionist secret weapon |
| 2008-10-16 |
| Nablus – Ma’an – Settlers attempting to impede Palestinian olive harvests initiated a bizarre new tactic on Thursday, apparently leaving flocks of sheep at olive groves to feed on the small trees. Release the sheep! Are you sure, sir? We have...no choice, dammit! Residents told Ma’an that Israeli settlers “dumped dozens of sheep” on Palestinian farmland neighboring the illegal settlement of Itamar, where the animals damaged and devoured dozens of olive and fig trees. 57-year-old Jamil Daraqshah claimed that he saw an Israeli shepherd at his farm in the village of Awarta, which is south of Nablus, just days before. Also evidence, he said, is that Palestinians are not permitted to enter the area without first coordinating with the Palestinian-Israeli liaison office in Nablus. Nablus. Where men are men. And sheep are nervous. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #8 C'mon, Faisal, don't let anyone pull the wool over your eyes. |
| Posted by: Woozle Unusosing8053 2008-10-16 21:16 |
| #7 Sheep, how diabolical! Why didn't we think of that? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-10-16 15:01 |
| #6 Herd up the sheep and sell them. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-10-16 13:32 |
| #5 "That's no ordinary sheep!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-10-16 12:35 |
| #4 Actually sheep are harmless for everything but very young trees (under two feet . It is goats who, have the habit to stand on their hindlegs and eat bark and leaves who can do a lot of damage. But I am sceptical for damage on on olive olive trees even by goats. Olive trees have hard, thick bark and their leaves are very bitter. And mature olive trees were nearly unvulnerable to animal or human action before invention of powder. There is a reason some of them are 2,500 years old. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-10-16 12:31 |
| #3 Can someone calculate a probability that this is actually true, in whole or in part? The only photo connected to the article does not show the results of grazing sheep. I'd bet on the Palestinian imagination, myself. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-16 12:15 |
| #2 Seriously. Like figuring calculus at a rowdy 'adult dance bar'. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-10-16 11:48 |
| #1 I would be more worried for the sheep. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-10-16 11:44 |
