Israeli officials slammed UN special envoy Robert Serry's comments Tuesday equating alleged settler vandalism against olive trees to terrorism, saying such an equation was 'absurd' and 'reprehensible.'
Serry, attending an olive harvest event with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the West Bank village of Turmus Aiya, near the Shiloh settlement, said the olive tree was a significant Palestinian symbol."
