An Annual Ritual in the West Bank Now Under Threat
03 November 2025

An Annual Ritual in the West Bank Now Under Threat

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Dates and olives are important crops in the Middle East and growing them is essential to the livelihood of many Palestinians in the West Bank. But increasingly Israeli settlers have been attacking and intimidating Palestinian olive farmers there. We go to the West Bank to see how this year’s harvest is going.

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