Israel’s War on Olive Trees an Attack on Palestinian Survival
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Israeli Forces, Occupiers Carry Out 23 Attacks on Palestinian Olive Farmers in West Bank in 12 Hours
Palestinian commission reports shootings, arrests, assaults, crop theft and destruction of farmland across 7 governorates during olive harvest season
The period of olive harvest in the occupied West Bank officially began on 15 October 2026. It is accompanied by an increase in the violence of settlers and the army towards the Palestinians, so...
Israel’s war on olive trees an attack on Palestinian survival
For millennia, the olive tree has been both sustenance and identity for Palestinians and a familiar feature of the ancient land between the Eastern Mediterranean and the Jordan River. For generations, centuries-old olive groves have been a cherished family inheritance and a symbol of Palestinians’ unbreakable bond to their ancestral land. That is why Israeli settlers’ horrific attacks on Palestinian olive groves are not only a collective war cri…
The olive harvest secures income for many Palestinian families. This autumn it is more dangerous than ever.
More than ever, reaping the fruit of its olive trees, in the West Bank, means playing with its life. If two attacks have been widely publicized and have provoked international indignation, Palestinians risk the worst every day on their land.
The PLO-affiliated Council reported that the Israeli army and Israelis carried out 23 attacks and violations in 12 hours during the olive harvest in the West Bank. In these attacks, one farmer was wounded by live ammunition, numerous activists were detained, and olives were confiscated.
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