Olive harvest

Wave of West Bank settler violence during olive harvest risks wider flare up, officials warn

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

Palestinians stand near a burning car reportedly set alight by Israeli settlers attempting to disrupt them harvesting olives near the West Bank village of Turmos Ayya on October 19, 2025.
 A Palestinian family making Nabulsi soap at home: Mr Khaled Omar Diab and his wife, Mrs Ferial Daoud, from Mazre' Al-Nobani village.

Traditional Palestinian soap 'Nablusi' inducted into UNESCO cultural heritage list

 GIVEN THE harsh reality of the ongoing Israel-Hamas War, the concept of buying locally produced olive oil has been shattered.

Olive oil becomes the latest economic and agricultural casualty in the Israel-Hamas War

 Three generations of the Greener family harvesting olives on Moshav Kfar Shmuel.

Helping out with the olive harvest amid Israel's war with Hamas - opinion


Environmental Protection Ministry cracks down on olive-oil press waste

This year, in light of an increase in olive crop growth, the support budget was increased and emphasis was placed on continuous monitoring systems for enforcement purposes.

Oil presses produce 80,000 cubic meters of waste that must be cleaned up to prevent pollution and harm to groundwater and waste-treatment plants

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Lebanese farmers allowed into Israel by IDF for olive harvest

The military announced on Tuesday that as a gesture of goodwill, it had allowed Lebanese agricultural workers to enter the country in order to harvest olive trees in Israeli territory.

Lebanese farmers harvesting olive trees within Israel on October 26, 2021.

Rabbis for Human Rights volunteers attacked by Israelis in West Bank

Rabbis for Human Rights volunteers were helping Palestinians with the olive harvest when they were pepper-sprayed by settlers.

Workers rake up the glorious olive harvest

The Olive Tree Road of Israel: Israel's secret UNESCO treasure

SINCE THE inauguration of the Road and the presentation of its founding Charter and map, local olive routes were established along the four paths of the Olive Tree Road.


Three Israelis indicted for assaulting Palestinian olive pickers

Two of the suspects violated a restraining order while carrying out the attack, according to the indictment.

Workers rake up the glorious olive harvest

Settlers attack Palestinian village after IDF destroy Israeli olive grove

Jewish residents say IDF protects Palestinians, human rights organizations note uptick in violence against Arabs by settlers.

A vandalized wall in Jerusalem that reads "Death to Arabs - Price Tag"

IDF stops joint Jewish-Palestinian olive harvest

"We won't surrender to settler violence, and will stand with Palestinian farmers."

IDF and Border Police officers declaring a 'closed military zone' in Burin, October 25 2019

Palestinians, Rabbis attacked allegedly by Jewish extremists in Burin

Palestinian olive pickers in the West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, were allegedly attacked by Jewish extremists, the Left-wing group Rabbis for Human Rights reported on Wednesday.

Settlers breaking olive tree branches R 311

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Worthwhile initiative led by Israeli women, Jews and Arabs together.

THE OLIVE harvest by volunteers at ‘the Scottish Grove’ in the Jezreel Valley