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West Bank Olive Oil Drops
A weekly report by the National Bureau for Defending the Land and Resisting Settlements said that the olive harvest season in the West Bank had become a scene of attacks and restrictions on farmers. It documented more than 500 attacks across around 200 Palestinian communities, as well as more than 150 cases of crop theft. The Ministry of Agriculture forecast that olive oil production would fall to around 10,000 tonnes, down from an initial estimate of 21,000 tonnes, because farmers were being prevented from accessing their land. Cumulative direct losses to the sector have exceeded $157 million since 2023. The report said the attacks included damaging trees, confiscating crops and imposing military restrictions on access to farmland—measures that, it said, prevent farmers from harvesting their annual crop.
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