Posted on Dec 24, 2023
In the West Bank, Palestinian olive farmers fear for the worst in this year's harvest
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This time of year, Palestinian olive farmers are usually hard at work in their groves. But during this harvest season, 35-year-old West Bank farmer Thaer el Taher can only look out on his hillside olive groves from afar. Because of the war in Gaza, he has not been able to access his land.
"You see the fence over there?" he says, pointing down at a barrier running across the hilly, arid terrain.
El Taher has pulled to the side of the rutted road that winds out of his village of Beitunia. "Do you see the olive trees over there on the hill on the other side of the fence?" he says. "All of that is Beitunia's inaccessible lands."
This time of year, Palestinian olive farmers are usually hard at work in their groves. But during this harvest season, 35-year-old West Bank farmer Thaer el Taher can only look out on his hillside olive groves from afar. Because of the war in Gaza, he has not been able to access his land.
"You see the fence over there?" he says, pointing down at a barrier running across the hilly, arid terrain.
El Taher has pulled to the side of the rutted road that winds out of his village of Beitunia. "Do you see the olive trees over there on the hill on the other side of the fence?" he says. "All of that is Beitunia's inaccessible lands."
In the West Bank, Palestinian olive farmers fear for the worst in this year's harvest
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Yes, the destruction and disruption caused by an organized and well funded terrorist group like Hamas can be devastating to so many lives. Terrible!
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Maybe Thaer should have thought of this before empowering Hamas as his government. Maybe Thaer should have taken up arms to protect his family and business against Hamas. Maybe Thaer should do somthing NOW to end the current conflict.
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