US EditionAttacks on Palestinian farmers during West Bank’s olive harvest captured on video
Since the start of the 2025 harvest, over 158 settler attacks have been documented, with 10,000 olive trees burned or uprooted, causing major economic and cultural losses.
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Cultural genocide: Israel is estimated to have destroyed one million of Gaza's 1.1 million olive trees
Gaza's olive groves have been bulldozed by the Israeli military, dried up from lack of water, or remain inaccessible, leaving Palestinian farmers with little to harvest. On Sunday, the first day of the olive harvest in the village of Turmus'ayyer, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians farmers and residents in a brutal assault that left many people injured, including a Palestinian women who was…
The olive harvest started in the occupied West Bank in mid-October, and not a day goes by without a Palestinian farmer being targeted by Israeli settlers. As with every harvest for 20 years, committed Israelis are mobilizing to protect them, especially in the village of Burin.
Increasing Israeli settler violence against Palestinian farmers raises concern with UN human rights office
The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned on Tuesday of Israeli settlers’ increasing violence against Palestinian farmers, right at the beginning of the critical olive harvest season. According to the OHCHR, 757 settler attacks took place in the first six months of this year – a 13% increase compared to last year. Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers during the harvest season. Withi…
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