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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Its a shame innocent families like his suffer the consequences of Hamas's Violent actions.
The Palestinian people have long known of Hamas ideology and done very little to counter act it and make peace their focus with Israel.
The Palestinian people have long known of Hamas ideology and done very little to counter act it and make peace their focus with Israel.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""Only those who live far from the separation barrier and the Jewish settlements have been able to pick their olives this year," he says. "Around here, thousands of acres have gone to waste, and many farmers will go bankrupt."...
...""Only those who live far from the separation barrier and the Jewish settlements have been able to pick their olives this year," he says. "Around here, thousands of acres have gone to waste, and many farmers will go bankrupt."...
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