Olive harvest

NGOs, lawmakers mobilize for West Bank olive harvest amid claims of state complicity

The solidarity harvest was initiated by NGOs Rabbis for Human Rights and Peace Now, shortly after an attack on Palestinians and Israelis alike harvesting olives near the village of Burin.

An Israeli settler rides a donkey near an Israeli vehicle, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 29, 2025.
Leila Stillman-Utterback gathers olives during a harvest in the West Bank in the fall of 2025.

MK decries 'humiliating, degrading' ban on US Jews who participated in West Bank olive harvest

IN SEVERAL PLACES throughout the ‘Tanach,’ Israel is likened to an olive tree.

Hiking the Holy Land: When olives disappear

Leila Stillman-Utterback gathers olives during a harvest in the West Bank in the fall of 2025.

US teen deported, Israeli rabbi wounded as tensions mount for Jewish activists in West Bank


Israel bans two Jewish American women for assisting Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank

The women travelled with other volunteers to Burin in the West Bank to participate in the annual olive harvest alongside Palestinian farmers as a "protective presence."

Left wing activists and Palestinians plant olive trees in the village of Battir, in the West Bank, on February 14, 2025.

Wave of West Bank settler violence during olive harvest risks wider flare up, officials warn

Officials warned that the growing violence between settlers and Palestinians could lead to a broader escalation.

Palestinians stand near a burning car reportedly set alight by Israeli settlers attempting to disrupt them harvesting olives near the West Bank village of Turmos Ayya on October 19, 2025.

Traditional Palestinian soap 'Nablusi' inducted into UNESCO cultural heritage list

The hand-crafted soap is made of three ingredients: olive oil, water, and lye, and practitioners make the soap shortly after the olive harvest. 

 A Palestinian family making Nabulsi soap at home: Mr Khaled Omar Diab and his wife, Mrs Ferial Daoud, from Mazre' Al-Nobani village.

Olive oil becomes the latest economic and agricultural casualty in the Israel-Hamas War

According to the Consumers’ Council, the price of olive oil in Israel jumped by 39% this year, more than any other food product.

 GIVEN THE harsh reality of the ongoing Israel-Hamas War, the concept of buying locally produced olive oil has been shattered.

Helping out with the olive harvest amid Israel's war with Hamas - opinion

Olive harvesting makes you very sore, very dirty, and very oily. But also very satisfied. It seems to work for all ages.

 Three generations of the Greener family harvesting olives on Moshav Kfar Shmuel.

Environmental Protection Ministry cracks down on olive-oil press waste

This year, in light of an increase in olive crop growth, the support budget was increased and emphasis was placed on continuous monitoring systems for enforcement purposes.

Oil presses produce 80,000 cubic meters of waste that must be cleaned up to prevent pollution and harm to groundwater and waste-treatment plants

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Lebanese farmers allowed into Israel by IDF for olive harvest

The military announced on Tuesday that as a gesture of goodwill, it had allowed Lebanese agricultural workers to enter the country in order to harvest olive trees in Israeli territory.

Lebanese farmers harvesting olive trees within Israel on October 26, 2021.

Rabbis for Human Rights volunteers attacked by Israelis in West Bank

Rabbis for Human Rights volunteers were helping Palestinians with the olive harvest when they were pepper-sprayed by settlers.

Workers rake up the glorious olive harvest

The Olive Tree Road of Israel: Israel's secret UNESCO treasure

SINCE THE inauguration of the Road and the presentation of its founding Charter and map, local olive routes were established along the four paths of the Olive Tree Road.


Three Israelis indicted for assaulting Palestinian olive pickers

Two of the suspects violated a restraining order while carrying out the attack, according to the indictment.

Workers rake up the glorious olive harvest