How one family endured settler violence and army raids in their occupied West Bank village to harvest their land.

“Some people were even shot at and olives trees were cut down with saws – that’s how we later found them,” adds Omar, as he and other villagers use small hand-held rakes to pull this year’s harvest ...

All year, the families in the West Bank have waited for the olive harvest, but this year, the harvest season is accompanied by widespread fear and dread among Palestinians. “Only yesterday, in Hebron, ...

Local writer of the column 'Notes From Home' I missed the olive harvest again this year. Without the sounds of bin trailers clanking across the tracks near my house, I forget to look for the other ...

as he and other villagers use small hand-held rakes to pull this year’s harvest from their remaining trees while they can. Image caption, The olive harvest is a vital activity for the ...

Still, like every year, the olive harvest goes on. (SOUNDBITE OF BRANCHES RUSTLING) AL-SHALCHI: Ali Zeidat rakes his olives alone in his quiet grove. ZEIDAT: (Non-English language spoken).

NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi visited 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 ...

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