To have to destroy one’s own olive trees, one of the most enduring symbols of Palestine ... The olive tree is so intrinsic to Palestine that it featured in the work of famed Palestinian poet ...

60-year-old Palestinian Mahfoza Oud cries and hugs her olive tree in the West Bank village ... and has also become a symbol of hope of returning to their homes. In Palestine, a popular slogan ...

"No one says to the olive tree ... wrote the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. These trees that blanket the hillsides of the West Bank have been a symbol for its people. A source of income ...

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The olive tree, an ancient symbol of peace and resilience ... according to figures from the Lebanese agriculture ministry. Olives of Palestinian farmers For Palestinian farmers, who are facing ...

The once-thriving agricultural lands of Palestine are slowly disappearing, gobbled up by the insatiable hunger of settlement expansion. The olive tree, a symbol of endurance and defiance ...

Ardna, composed of an olive tree cradled in a carpet of ash, is no different. The ash forms the delicate geometric patterns of a keffiyeh, the symbol of Palestinian resistance, transforming the ...

Olive harvesting in the West Bank has become increasingly dangerous as Palestinian farmers face a rise in violence by Israeli settlers and security forces. The Palestinian olive harvest is a ...

The olive tree, an ancient symbol of peace and resilience ... according to figures from the Lebanese agriculture ministry. Olives of Palestinian farmers For Palestinian farmers, who are facing ...

The Palestinian ... an olive harvesting community in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (SOUNDBITE OF TARP RUSTLING) HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, BYLINE: Ali Zeidat lays mesh tarp underneath his olive tree.