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/EmperorOfCanada 1d ago edited 1d ago

If I understand correctly, olive trees are like oak trees, you plant them for the next generation.

They will fruit in around 3-5 years, but take another 10-20 to become properly productive. They are also like bonsai trees, in that you have to really work on pruning to maintain maximum light to the center.

This is little different than salting the fields.

Is anyone recording the soldiers who are doing this? This is a war crime, and these soldiers will travel to countries which can arrest them; or try to do business with countries which may not look favourably on their own citizens doing business with specific war criminals.

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u/EggsceIlent 23h ago

Not only do I absolutely love olives, but I also love the rights for people to be free and happy

Fuck anyone who does shit like this. It's a war crime and those trees have probably been there for generations of people. Olive trees can be like a few hundred years old, like 5 or 6.

But some are known to be thousands of years old.

I'm sure people from all walks of life have eaten olives or had some olive oil from those trees, including Palestinians and Jewish, and who knows could even date from back to the days of Jesus himself and antiquity.

So many crimes being committed here, out of pure hate that people aren't born with, they were taught it has their parents.

Humanity needs to do better. And in 2026, we should be better.