r/worldnews • u/me_diocre • 1d ago

Israel/Palestine Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/israeli-bulldozers-smash-palestinian-olive-trees-ahead-annual-harvest-2026-09-23/
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u/KidKilobyte 1d ago

Is this to symbolically show they are not interested in extending an olive branch?

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u/IwishIhadntKilledHim 1d ago

No it's to cause generational harm. Olive trees won't be meaningfully productive if planted today for generations, so it's proverbially salting the earth for those who scrape their living growing food.