{"id":625836,"date":"2026-09-24T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/625836\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:32:11","slug":"they-uprooted-it-all-israel-bulldozes-palestinian-owned-olive-groves-agriculture-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/625836\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They uprooted it all\u2019: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves | Agriculture News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest.<\/p>\n

Published On 24 Sep 202624 Sep 2026<\/p>\n

Israeli army bulldozers have ploughed through rows of olive trees in a village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, just as Palestinian farmers were preparing to begin their annual harvest, residents told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

Palestinian farmer and landowner Abd Alfattah Tamimi said the army had destroyed the olive trees planted on his family\u2019s land as well as his neighbours\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The demolition in the village of Deir Nidham started on Monday and continued on Tuesday, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t care about anyone, but God is up there, and we are steadfast here with our souls,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are uprooting, and we will plant again with the help of God,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Another farmer, Nather Tamimi, told Reuters the timing of the demolition was designed to inflict maximum damage ahead of harvest season, which traditionally begins in October.<\/p>\n

He said that his family produced about 120 drums of olive oil from the land each year.<\/p>\n

The Israeli army also \u201cuprooted all kinds of trees even from between the houses\u201d, Nather Tamimi said.<\/p>\n

\"IsraeliIsraeli military machinery uproots olive trees near the Palestinian village of Deir Nidham near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, September 23, 2026 [Mohammed Torokman\/Reuters]<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military said it was checking Reuters\u2019 request for comment but had not responded by Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

In the past, Israel has cited the need to clear land of olive trees to prevent security threats or ambushes on troops.<\/p>\n

Palestinian human rights groups reject this, saying the destruction in effect deprives Palestinian farmers of income from the sale of olives and olive oil, while uprooting trees \u200cthey view \u2060as a symbol of their connection to the land.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian Authority\u2019s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said Israeli attacks on agricultural land in August affected 21,508 trees, including 19,375 olive trees.<\/p>\n

They estimated this year\u2019s olive production at 21,000 tonnes, compared with local demand of about 15,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest. Published…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4386,1155,85,46,44,47,43,45,48,5243],"class_list":["post-625836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-agriculture","tag-human-rights","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-occupied-west-bank","tag-palestine","tag-palestinian-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}