Monday, November 15, 2010

Destroying Palestinian olive trees / César Chalala

Olive trees have been mentioned in the Bible, the Qur’an and the Torah. Olive oil is a key product of the Palestinian national economy, making up 25% of the total agricultural production in the West Bank. César Chelala explores why the Israel Defense Forces have been accused of uprooting olive trees to facilitate the building of settlements ... What do settlers actually want? To destroy Palestinians’ livelihood with impunity? To create a barren land, unfit for trees and people?
Read more

No comments:

Post a Comment