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Palestinian elder mourns settlers harvesting West Bank olive trees
Original: Palestinian elder Mahfouza Shtayyeh sorrowfully reacts to circulating footage of Israeli settlers harvesting olive trees
Mahfouza Shtayyeh, a Palestinian elder, reacted with grief to footage showing Israeli settlers harvesting olives from Palestinian groves in the occupied West Bank, allegedly using sticks to beat branches from the trees. The images circulated widely online amid the annual olive harvest season, when Palestinian farmers already face restricted access to their land and repeated settler violence, prompting renewed anger and solidarity from observers.
Why now: Footage of settlers taking an olive harvest from Palestinian farmers during harvest season has sparked outrage and renewed attention to settler violence in the West Bank.
Mahfouza ShtayyehWest BankPalestinian olive farmers
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- Palestinian elder Mahfouza Shtayyeh sorrowfully reacts to circulating footage of Israeli settlers harvesting olive trees on Palestinian groves in the occupied West Bank, using sticks to beat the branches while Israeli occupation forces deny the rightful Palestinian landowners… · QudsNen@mastodon.neometropolis.net · 2
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