Olive harvest

The settlers serve the military, and the military serves the settlers. Both share a common goal: to prevent the harvesting and cultivation of agricultural land and to economically harm Palestinians.

Where do grapes come in? Grapes are for making wine, and wine has a biblical holiday too: Tu B’Av, which occurs at the beginning of the grape harvest in July-August.

Prosecutors indicted Ariel Dahari for a racially motivated assault on Palestinian harvesters near Turmus Aiya, seeking to keep him in custody until trial.

The solidarity harvest was initiated by NGOs Rabbis for Human Rights and Peace Now, shortly after an attack on Palestinians and Israelis alike harvesting olives near the village of Burin.

Two women were banned from Israel for 10 years in early November after entering a closed military zone and allegedly violating their tourist visas while volunteering in Palestinian olive harvest.

The olive tree is such a fitting symbol for the Jewish people and our uncanny ability to survive, to come back, to bear fruit again, even after seasons of scarcity.

Leila Stillman-Utterback, a Vermont native, was deported and banned from Israel after joining a Palestinian olive harvest, highlighting tensions between the Israeli government and Jewish activists.

The women travelled with other volunteers to Burin in the West Bank to participate in the annual olive harvest alongside Palestinian farmers as a "protective presence."

Officials warned that the growing violence between settlers and Palestinians could lead to a broader escalation.

The hand-crafted soap is made of three ingredients: olive oil, water, and lye, and practitioners make the soap shortly after the olive harvest.