Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest
Palestinian farmers said the destruction hit nearly 9 acres and could cut oil output as the harvest season neared, according to Reuters.
- On Wednesday, Israeli military bulldozers uprooted Palestinian olive trees in Deir Nizam, a village near Ramallah, days before the annual harvest. Abd Alfattah Tamimi watched as the machinery destroyed his trees and tore their roots from the ground.
- Accounting for around 8% of GDP and more than 60,000 jobs, olives serve as the backbone of Palestinian agriculture. The harvest usually begins in the first week of October, representing a vital economic period.
- Nather Tamimi, a landowner in Deir Nizam, produces 120 drums of olive oil with neighbors on nearly 9 acres. "They uprooted trees everywhere, even between the houses," he said, describing the destruction as particularly painful before harvest.
- The Israeli military cited the need to prevent security threats, but Palestinian human rights groups reject this justification, arguing the destruction deprives farmers of income and symbolizes severed ties to the land.
- Palestinian activists and farmers expect this year's harvest to be particularly volatile, amid a record surge in illegal Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian resources throughout the West Bank.
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RAMALLAH: Israeli military bulldozers razed approximately 31 dunams of privately owned land in the town of Beit Rima, northwest of Ramallah, on Thursday, uprooting more than 400 olive trees just days before the start of the annual harvest. The destruction left Palestinian villagers weeping over the mangled remains of their trees, transforming what is typically a season of joy and community gathering into one of grief. Abd Alfattah Tamimi, who ow…
Israeli soldiers pluck olive trees in the West Bank Palestinian residents lamented on Wednesday (23) in front of the mutilated remains of their olive trees, after the Israeli Army pulled out the trees with tractors, days before the annual harvest of olives, usually a cause for joy for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. ✅ Follow the international news channel of the g1 at WhatsApp Abd Alfattah Tamimi, owner of an olive grove on land in his v…
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