olive groves

Palestinians watch smoke rising after a vehicle is set on fire by Israeli settlers during an attack on the first day of the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Beita, October 10 2025. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra October 24, 2025
Bulldozers operated by Israeli settlers and soldiers uproot olive trees near the village of Al-Mughayyir, in the occupied West Bank, August 23, 2025. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)
Israeli army, settlers unite in collective punishment of Al-Mughayyir
The siege of the West Bank village and destruction of its olive groves were a joint exercise in intimidation and re-engineering of Palestinian space.
By Oren Ziv and Shatha Yaish August 27, 2025
Palestinians collect olives from a tree during the annual harvest season, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, September 21, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
For Gaza’s olive farmers, the war has left little to salvage
Facing bombardment and water shortages, Palestinian farmers are clinging on to a livelihood that has long symbolized and been a source of resilience.
By Taghreed Ali and Ibtisam Mahdi November 19, 2024
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Abed Rabo Jedua inspects damage to his olive trees, which were destroyed by Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Tuqu', November 25, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
PHOTOS: A state-sanctioned ‘price tag’ on Palestinian olive trees
Weeks after an Israeli couple is injured in a firebomb attack, soldiers and civilians arrive to cut down Palestinian-owned olive trees in what one settler news outlet is calling the army’s own ‘price tag’ attack. Israeli civilians accompanied by the military damaged or destroyed some 60 Palestinian-owned olive trees Monday in the West Bank village…
By Activestills November 26, 2013
Destroyed olive trees belonging to the Radwan family from the West Bank village of Azun. (photo: 'Abd al-Karim Sa'adi/B'Tselem)
PHOTOS: Hundreds of olive trees destroyed near West Bank village
Nearly 230 olive trees were destroyed earlier this week in the northern West Bank. According to B’Tselem, an Israeli NGO that documents human rights violations in the occupied territories, the trees belonged to the Radwan family from the village Azzoun, and were planted no more than five years ago. The family began harvesting the trees,…
By Edo Konrad November 1, 2013
(photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Settler violence: Think of it like burning down a Jewish business
When violent hate crimes happen so often they become a non-story. Imagine a series of attacks on shops and businesses in your city. Every night, a gang of hooligans breaks windows, damages goods and sets fire to a different store. Now imagine that this same gang only targets businesses owned by a specific group of…
By Edo Konrad October 29, 2013
WATCH: IDF fires tear gas at olive harvesters in West Bank
On Saturday, Palestinian families in the Hebron Hills found themselves subject to state violence yet again, this time in the form of a tear gas attack. Their crime: harvesting olives on their land. By Alon Aviram It’s that time of the year again and the olive trees are ripe and ready for harvest. I found…
By +972 Magazine October 9, 2012
Between the Lines (Oct 17): Thousands Protest ‘Loyalty’ Bill
The Headlines: Demonstration against Racism > Thousands demonstrated against the proposed loyalty oath bill, and other racist and anti-democratic proposals. > The US and other major countries have expressed disappointment at the decision to resume settlement construction in East Jerusalem. A planned meeting between Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas was cancelled. The Palestinians and some…
By Roi Maor October 17, 2010
Settlers attack Palestinians; army represses Palestinians
As the summer comes to an end with waves of religious holidays in Israel and Palestine, fall is beginning with military raids and pockets of violence towards Palestinians throughout the West Bank. The leading Israeli newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, is reporting that a small clash broke out between settlers and Palestinians in village of Iraq Burin this afternoon…
By Joseph Dana September 20, 2010
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