International Middle East Media Center

Israeli Settlers Steal Olive Harvesting Equipment near Nablus

Illegal Israeli colonists, on Wednesday, stole harvesting tools and olive harvest from a Palestinian-owned orchard, in the village of Qaryout, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, local ...
Environment News Service

West Bank Farmers ‘Cut Off’ from Their Heritage Olive Trees

THE WEST BANK, September 8, 2025 (ENS) – In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, Yousef stands behind a sealed iron gate, cut off from the olive trees that have sustained his family for ...
International Middle East Media Center

WAFA: “Israeli settlers chop olive trees, steal harvesting equipment in Nablus”

NABLUS, Monday, October 18, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Monday morning chopped scores of olive trees and stole harvesting equipment in the Nablus district, according to local sources. Ghassan ...
Los Angeles Times

Another casualty of escalating clashes in the West Bank: the Palestinian olive harvest

TURMUS AYYA, West Bank — Abdullah abu Awad first harvested his family’s olive grove decades ago with his father and grandfather. He knows the trees as well as he knows his own children. But he ...
NPR

The struggle to preserve the Palestinian olive and date harvest

AL MAZRA AS-SHARQIYA, West Bank — Olives and dates are the pride and joy of Palestinian farmers, and autumn is the time of year they're picked. But this season, the simple act of picking olives is ...