Settler attacks ruin Palestinian olive harvest

Published 2024년 10월 20일

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The article highlights the impact of ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, particularly affecting olive harvest seasons in the occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank. In Gaza, the olive harvest is expected to yield only 15,000 tonnes, a quarter of the pre-war production, due to destruction, supply shortages, and increased pressuring prices. In the West Bank, farmers face attacks from settlers and restrictions, leading some to cease harvesting. The situation has led to significant challenges for the livelihoods of many Palestinian families reliant on olive cultivation.
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(MENAFN- Gulf Times) After a year of relentless war, Gaza's olive harvest is set to suffer, while in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers fear to tend their groves due to settler attacks.For generations, olive harvests have been central to Palestinian life and culture.“We are happy that the olive season has started but we are afraid because we are in a state of war,” said Rami Abu Asad, who owns a Farm in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza.Workers picking the olives by hand stay alert, listening for drones or warplanes that could bomb without warning.“But it is clearly evident (to Israeli forces) that we are workers and we do nothing else,” he said, noting a sweeping Israeli military operation in Jabalia, less than 20 kilometres to the north.Israel has been at war with Hamas in Gaza since the October first week attacks last year.Israel's retaliatory onslaught in Gaza has killed 42,603 people, a majority of them civilians, according to data from the health ministry in the Hamas-run ...
Source: Menafn

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