Olive harvest

Israel Katz orders administrative removal of left-wing activists ahead of West Bank olive harvest

The request followed an announcement by the Global Sumud Flotilla that it was recruiting foreign activists to travel to Israel and participate in activities in olive-harvesting areas in the West Bank

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
Israeli security forces remove Palestinians and left-wing activists from olive groves during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus, October 2, 2026
IDF and Border Police officers declaring a 'closed military zone' in Burin, October 25 2019

Israel’s olive harvest policy leaves Palestinian farmers shut out - opinion

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.

|ByYONATAN KANONICH
An illustrative image of people drinking wine.

‘Al Pri Gafna’: Tu B’Av wine wonders in the Land of Israel - opinion

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.

|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
24-year-old settler Ariel Dahari, attacking a Palestinian woman on October 19th, 2025.

Israeli settler charged with terror for assault on Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank

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

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

BDS seeks to take down Galilee olive oil business with Facebook campaign

Supporters fight back with counter-campaign of positive reviews.

NOVEMBER 9, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Chana Veffer (left) and Nili Abrahams in the orchards of Degania.