"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 ...

Arabic for “our land” — Moroccan-born artist Mohammed El Hajoui brings together olive trees, ash, and keffiyeh patterns in a poignant gesture of resistance and regeneration. Currently based in Italy, ...

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 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 ...

For thousands of Palestinian families and villages ... ve been able to gather this year into "liquid gold". The olive tree has been a symbol of this land for centuries. For generations of ...

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.