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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 527

olive harvest

Illustrative: Palestinian farmers clash with IDF soldiers near olive fields in Qusra village, south of Nablus in the West Bank on October 29, 2024. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
February 6, 2025, 4:38 pm
Settler charged with terror offenses over shooting attack on Palestinians in October
Shmuel Zafran, 31, from the illegal Havat Gilad outpost, fired 18 rounds from an army-issued assault rifle at a family harvesting olives, wounding 2
By Charlie Summers and Jeremy Sharon
Palestinian farmers plant the first olive tree ahead of the replant of a 10 dunam, 2.5 acres, of land with 250 olive trees, part of the joint Freedom Farm project of the Palestinian Farmers Union and the Treedom for Palestine 2025 in memory of President Jimmy Carter, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, January 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
January 14, 2025, 1:17 am
Palestinians dedicate new West Bank olive grove to Jimmy Carter
Farmers union and US-based NGO ‘Treedom for Palestine’ remember late US president, who after leaving office characterized Israeli control over West Bank as apartheid
By AP and ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier stands guard behind sandbags in Kibbutz Hanita near Israel's border with Lebanon, November 24, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 26, 2024, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 26: Day 417 – Northern mayors livid about possible ceasefire
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses the expected truce with Hezbollah; legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon reviews the PM’s trial and a Palestinian olive harvest
By ToI Staff
The olive harvest outside the Palestinian village of Battir in the West Bank in November 2024. Khaled Muammer (center) oversees the harvest of his olives, November 7, 2024. (Jeremy Sharon/The Times of Israel)
November 25, 2024, 1:05 pm
Tranquil day of olive harvesting belies mounting difficulties for Palestinian growers
Severe restrictions on movement and intense settler violence are curtailing the ability of farmers to cultivate their land and reap a major source of income
By Jeremy Sharon
Smoke rises over the Palestinian village of Jalud in the northern West Bank after settlers allegedly torched homes, land and a poultry farm on October 19, 2024. (Video screenshot, X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 19, 2024, 11:50 pm
Palestinians say settlers torch homes, poultry farm and fields in northern West Bank
Palestinian Red Crescent says two residents of Jalud suffered head injuries after violent confrontation with settlers from nearby Ahiya outpost who descended on their homes
By ToI Staff
Mourners lower the body of Hanan Abdel Rahman Abu Salama, 59, into a grave, after she was reportedly killed by Israeli fire as she was picking olives in the West Bank village of Faqoua near Jenin, on October 17, 2024. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
October 18, 2024, 11:18 am
Palestinian woman killed by alleged IDF gunfire while picking olives; officer suspended
Military says it’s investigating death of Hanan Abdel Rahman Abu Salama, 59, who was shot near West Bank village of Faqoua; officials say harvesting was fully coordinated
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians collect olives from a tree during the annual harvest season, in the West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, October 15, 2024. (Flash90)
October 16, 2024, 5:15 pm
West Bank facing ‘most dangerous olive season ever,’ UN-linked experts warn
Rapporteurs say Palestinian farmers face intimidation, restricted access to lands, attacks by armed settlers and security forces; IDF says it works to provide security for harvesters
By AFP and ToI Staff
Settlers allegedly carrying off stolen olives from Palestinian-owned olive trees from the land of the West Bank village of Bayt Lid close to the Einav settlement, October 2024. (Screenshot, courtesy Yesh Din)
October 14, 2024, 10:27 pm
Multiple attacks on Palestinian olive growers reported as harvest season begins
NGO says harvesters facing violent assaults, theft of their crops in last two weeks, including incidents in which security forces failed to intervene
By Jeremy Sharon
Groves of olive trees in the lower Galilee, northern Israel, February 7, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 12, 2024, 11:17 pm
Impact of olive oil shortage on Israel could have been averted, industry chief says
Head of olive division at Israel Plant Council accuses government of abandoning farmers, who could make Israel a global olive oil power
By Sue Surkes
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference in Jerusalem on October 19, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 6, 2023, 3:47 pm
Smotrich calls for Palestinian-free buffer zones around West Bank settlements
Finance minister says olive harvest must cease in designated areas to reduce friction, blames rising settler violence on ‘left-wing anarchist activists’
By ToI Staff
Bilal Muhammed Saleh, 40, who was killed during an incident outside the village of As-Sawiya in the northern West Bank on October 28, 2023. (X Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 30, 2023, 11:27 pm
Off-duty IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of shooting dead Palestinian olive farmer
IDF military police arrests serviceman, whose lawyers insist was acting in self-defense, shot in the air and to the ground, and didn’t hit anyone
By Jeremy Sharon
A video appears to show Israeli West Bank settlers in an incident near Nablus in which Palestinians say a settler shot dead a Palestinian olive farmer, October 28, 2023 (video screenshot)
October 28, 2023, 5:11 pm
Palestinian said shot dead by settler while harvesting olives in West Bank
Bilal Muhammed Saleh, 40, was reportedly part of a group working outside their village near Nablus; IDF says combat soldier on leave was involved in incident, it is investigating
By ToI Staff
An armed Israeli man fires an assault rifle the air during a confrontation with unarmed anti-occupation activists, October 25, 2023 (Screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 26, 2023, 1:14 am
Settlers rampage through Palestinian olive grove, harass activists in West Bank
Biden condemns attacks by ‘extremist settlers’ against Palestinians, calls for violence to end amid wave of settler attacks in West Bank
By Jeremy Sharon
FILE: Olive growers and workers harvesting the Koroneiki Olive Variety at an olive grove in Moshav Eliad in the southern Golan Heights in December 2022 (Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90)
March 14, 2023, 5:52 pm
With olives pressed and picked, local farmers hope consumers discover oil in Israel
Olive growers and oil producers seek greater exposure for their product, cultivated and pressed in small batches but suffering from competition with cheaper, lower-quality imports
By Jessica Steinberg
Settler youth seen confronting a Palestinian farmer in a Palestinian-owned olive grove in the West Bank, as farmers said they found dozens of trees cut down in Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, November 7, 2022. (Video screenshot)
November 7, 2022, 7:43 pm
Palestinians say settlers destroy dozens of olive trees, harass farmers
Palestinian landowner claims 116 olive trees destroyed on his land outside town of Turmus Ayya. Video footage shows settler youths harassing, taunting Palestinian farmers
By Jeremy Sharon
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