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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 15:52 26/10/2007 Syria complains to UN about Israel felling cherry trees on Golan By The Associated Press Syria filed a complaint Friday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon protesting Israel's chopping down of trees in the Golan Heights to harass farmers, the state-run news agency SANA said. "The felling of cherry trees in Majdal Shams village was a flagrant violation of international law and humanitarian law," said Syrian officials quoted by the report. It did not say when the incident happened. The SANA article said the cutting of trees aimed to put pressure on Syrian villagers in order to force them to leave their land and it called the United Nations to pressure Israel to stop these "illegitimate and inhuman practices." Advertisement Israel has been occupying the Golan Heights since the 1967 Six-Day War, and Syria been demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from the plateau. Peace talks between Israel and Syria have been stalled since 2000, and last week Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was reported to be considering renewed contacts. Defense officials said the army has decided to move an upcoming military exercise off the disputed Golan Heights to avoid further heightening tensions with Syria. The situation between the two neighbors has been tense since Israel Air Force warplanes on September 6 struck a target in Syria, which Western news media have described as some sort of nuclear facility linked to North Korea. Syria strongly denied the target was a nuclear facility saying that only an unused military building was hit. Related articles: Majadele: Israel is ready to return Golan for peace IDF cancels Golan Heights field exercise to allay Syrian fears IDF cancels Golan Heights field exercise to allay Syrian fears Bookmark to del.icio.us Halle's Jewish joke So Halle Berry told a Jewish joke. Is it really so bad? Does it make her an anti-Semite? Majadele's concession In an interview, the minister says Israel must pay the price for peace with the Arab world.   1.   CHERRY TREES VERSUS NUCLEAR BOMBS 17:18  |  R.E.Pugnant 26/10/07   2.   Honestly 17:33  |  Colin Wright 26/10/07   3.   Hard to believe Syria is considered a country 18:48  |  David 26/10/07   4.   The Golan belongs to Israel. The UN will have 19:03  |  Klomp 26/10/07   5.   Protect Those cherry Trees! 19:10  |  dyinglikeflies 26/10/07   6.   When Syria cut down 37,000 lifes in Hama it was very humanitarian 19:17  |  Genuine Tosefta 26/10/07   7.   Naughty Bashar from political assassinations to caring for trees? 19:29  |  Genuine Tosefta 26/10/07   8.   Re # 3 - David 21:16  |  Sam 26/10/07   9.   #2 21:16  |  Moshe 26/10/07   10.   Another example of Israeli`s petty cruelty and thuggery 21:29  |  Steve 26/10/07   11.   O yeahhhh, Germany complaining about Russia.... 21:31  |  Karl 26/10/07   12.   Steve you mean petty cruelty compared to the cruelty in Hama? 22:58  |  Genuine Tosefta 26/10/07   13.   i protese these inhumane tree-related acts! 23:12  |  Richard S 26/10/07   14.   no. 12 Tofseta 23:40  |  Steve 26/10/07   15.   Steve, agreed this is petty compared to 37,000 killed in Hama 23:43  |  Genuine Tosefta 26/10/07   16.   Steve how do you categorize Hama 37,000 killed in your standards? 01:06  |  Genuine Tosefta 27/10/07   17.   Sam#8, Steve#10 - idiots et al 01:33  |  William 27/10/07   18.   Steve#14 - re:Tosefta 01:40  |  William 27/10/07   19.   Golan is Syrian 02:05  |  Dani 27/10/07   20.   Zionist thugs 02:07  |  Dani 27/10/07   21.   A Branch Of Islam? 03:21  |  dyinglikeflies 27/10/07   22.   To Dani 19 and 20 04:21  |  Realist 27/10/07   23.   #20 Dani 04:27  |  Zionist 27/10/07   24.   Oh Please! 05:20  |  Chcik 27/10/07   25.   Syria Sends Hezbollah Weapons, and Complains About Cherry Trees?? 05:32  |  Tal 27/10/07   26.   Dear Syria, they are Israeli Trees on Israeli Land 07:03  |  Efox 27/10/07   27.   to #10 Steve in Minneapolis 07:17  |  Manny 27/10/07   28.   Golan is Israel`s, Dont Cut Trees 07:40  |  JewishHeart 27/10/07   29.   serious violations 08:00  |  ron 27/10/07   30.   Re#17 William 08:14  |  Sam 27/10/07   31.   Remember Hama? You`re no G.Washington Bashar 10:25  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/10/07   32.   Diseased trees? 10:40  |  arborea 27/10/07

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