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Emboldened Israeli settlers lead a surge of attacks on Palestinians' olive harvest

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Attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians have surged during the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Israeli settlers steal Palestinians' olives as attacks on harvest grow more violent (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Pesha Magid and Lina Obeid LUBBAN AL-GHARBI, West Bank, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Brought to tears as he recalled Israeli settlers hitting his cherished olive trees with sticks and taking off with the olives, Palestinian Ahmed Salem said he feared being attacked if he tried to intervene.

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Emboldened Israeli settlers lead a surge of attacks on Palestinians' olive harvest (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians have surged during the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank

  3. France 24

    How Israeli settlers wearing keffiyehs are attacking West Bank olive groves (opens France 24)

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    The olive harvest officially began in the West Bank on October 15, 2026, and it has coincided with an uptick in violence towards Palestinians carried out by both Israeli settlers and soldiers. Meanwhile, the settlers and soldiers have been using social media to promote an aesthetic, Instagram-friend…