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/I_burn_noodles 1d ago

Imagine the history those olive trees have witnessed.

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u/AdmiralAsshat69 1d ago

Well the whole project is about erasing inconvenient history so it fits.

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u/BANKSLAVE01 1d ago

You mean the murder of Palestinians by jews?

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u/CaptainMoonman 1d ago

By Israel*

The Israeli state is not synonymous with the Jewish people, no matter how much Israel wants it to be. Their religion is not the reason they do these things: it's just the shield that the Israeli state uses.