Southern Boy to World News@lemmy.ml • 5 months agoIllegal Israeli settlers uproot hundreds of centuries-old olive trees in northern West Bankwww.aa.com.trmessage-square7arrow-up1173arrow-down18
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkIllegal Israeli settlers uproot hundreds of centuries-old olive trees in northern West Bankwww.aa.com.trSouthern Boy to World News@lemmy.ml • 5 months agomessage-square7
minus-square@kemsat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink20•5 months agoWhat’s the point if that? Do Israelis have something against olive oil?
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilink29•5 months agoOlive oil is a deeply important cultural touchstone for Palestinians, according to a post I saw a day or two ago.
minus-squareazuthlinkfedilinkEnglish23•5 months agoI suppose that it’s the livehood of some Palestinians
minus-square@Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink17•5 months agoThe cruelty and destruction is the point.
minus-square@technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink12•edit-25 months agoThere’s been an ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine for almost 100 years. The destruction of homes and livelihood has always been a major component. This is nothing new. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/1/22/the-olive-tree-symbol-of-palestine-and-mute-victim-of-israels-war-on-gaza https://press.un.org/en/2023/gashc4388.doc.htm
minus-square@whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_earth
What’s the point if that? Do Israelis have something against olive oil?
Olive oil is a deeply important cultural touchstone for Palestinians, according to a post I saw a day or two ago.
I suppose that it’s the livehood of some Palestinians
Obviously the trees were Hamas /s
The cruelty and destruction is the point.
There’s been an ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine for almost 100 years. The destruction of homes and livelihood has always been a major component. This is nothing new.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_earth