Olive harvest
Violence, theft during olive harvest must be publicly, explicitly condemned - editorial
Giving religious sanction to taking another person’s livelihood carries consequences for the farmer, for those encouraged to take his crop, and for the society that allows it.
IDF sources: Detention of US lawmaker nominee, 90 West Bank volunteers was complex - exclusive
Israel frees from custody almost all suspects in two settler attacks, puts them under house arrest
West Bank Palestinian farmers face attacks, olive theft from settlers as violence continues
IDF completes preparations for West Bank olive harvest, as nationalist violence, clashes expected
The preparations are intended to prevent friction between Palestinian and Israeli populations during the coordinated olive harvest in Areas A and B.
Global Sumud Flotilla recruiting for West Bank activism, Diaspora Affairs Ministry reveals
The organization has called for volunteers to join a program providing accompaniment and maintaining a presence alongside Palestinian communities ahead of the upcoming 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
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.
‘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.
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.
NGOs, lawmakers mobilize for West Bank olive harvest amid claims of state complicity
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.
MK decries 'humiliating, degrading' ban on US Jews who participated in West Bank olive harvest
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.
Hiking the Holy Land: When olives disappear
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.
US teen deported, Israeli rabbi wounded as tensions mount for Jewish activists in West Bank
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.