‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves
Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest.
![Palestinian man Abd Alfattah Tamimi gestures after Israeli military machinery uprooted his olive trees near the Palestinian village of Deir Nizam near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, September 23, 2026 [Mohammed Torokman/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-23T082909Z_1627711264_RC2VONA8IMW1_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-WEST-BANK-OLIVE-TREES-1790215211.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest.
![Palestinian man Abd Alfattah Tamimi gestures after Israeli military machinery uprooted his olive trees near the Palestinian village of Deir Nizam near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, September 23, 2026 [Mohammed Torokman/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-23T082909Z_1627711264_RC2VONA8IMW1_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-WEST-BANK-OLIVE-TREES-1790215211.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Screengrab from video shared on social media shows the aftermath of the car ramming incident in the occupied West Bank on September 23, 2026 [x.com/paldf]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-23-104310-1790185424.jpg?resize=375%2C250&quality=80)
![Fidaa is hoping that her son is released from Israeli prisons. [Ahmed Jalajel/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Fidaa-is-hoping-that-her-son-is-released-from-Israeli-prisons.-Photo-by-Ahmed-Jalajel-1790067490.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)







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