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Palestinian Olive Season Puts Focus on Israeli Settlements

Olive trees are a Palestinian national symbol, a fact acknowledged by Israeli settlers who continually seek to destroy them.

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Palestinian farmers ride a tractor-drawn wagon past an Israeli soldier standing guard at an army gate, as they make their way to harvest olive trees on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Salem, near the Jewish settlement of Elone Moreh, east of Nablus, Oct. 3, 2011. — REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

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