Palestinian olive trees and crops were allegedly hacked at by illegal Israeli settlers in the expulsion-threatened Masafer Yatta area of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. The settlers raided Palestinian property, cutting down 20 or more olive trees, Protection and Steadfastness Committees in Masafer Yatta coordinator Fouad Al-Amour said. Olive trees have great financial and cultural meaning for Palestinians and are often targeted by Israeli settlers. The incursion falls within a pattern of ongoing assaults by Israeli forces and settlers against Masafer Yatta, Al-Amour said. It comes as an I…