Saher carried a harvesting machine, and Nasser’s high-pitched jabbering punctuated the early morning sounds of chirping Palestine sunbirds and olive trees swaying in the breeze. Nasser harvests ...

Mahdi Al-Masri longs to go to his land in the east of Beit Hanoun, where 13 years ago he planted more than 300 olive trees. But as Israel's war on Gaza rages, his dream of harvesting olives has ...

Nadia Hussien sorts through olives at her home in Beitunia on Oct. 20, 2024. (Bilal Moghrabi) Neighbors help pick olives at Nadia and Adnan Hussien's home in Beitunia on Oct. 20, 2024.

Suleiman Khalil, 21, who lost his leg in a landmine explosion while harvesting olives with his friends in a field, is reflected in a mirror at his home in the village of Qaminas, east of Idlib ...

"Following harvesting, olives undergo a curing process, which removes the oleuropein and makes them palatable. This involves curing them in brine or lye solution, water or dry salting," says Hodson.

Linda describes herself as the “a lone survivor” of that brood, as her grandparents, parents, sister and brother are all gone. The book, which will soon be available to at the East Palestine Library, ...

These 4 Great Palestinian Olive Oils Are Delicious for Any Occasion. These four brands are honoring both the rich history of olive oil in Palestine and its future (plus, they’re really good) ...

Hanan Abu Salameh, 59, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier while she harvested olives On a Thursday afternoon towards the end of last month, a 59-year-old Palestinian woman set out to gather ...

We combed the hair of 27 olive trees in three days, and on the fourth day, Tony and I drove to a deafening warehouse where a Suess-like machine gobbled down our harvest—olives, pits, twigs. and ...

Israeli forces harshly restricted Palestinians’ travel within the West Bank, and largely prohibited Palestinians’ harvesting olives in 2023 and again in 2024, causing economic losses.

IDLIB, Syria — Suleiman Khalil was harvesting olives in a Syrian orchard with two friends four months ago, unaware the soil beneath them still hid deadly remnants of war. The trio suddenly ...

Palestine subsequently came under the Byzantine Emperors, was lost once to Persia (c. 611) but regained before Islam, under Calif Omar, ploughed the country under in 637.