WCC Photo of an ancient olive tree in the Garden of Gethsemane.Since October 2000, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian trees have been bulldozed, uprooted or set ablaze by Israeli soldiers and settlers – tens of thousands of these olive trees.
Olive trees are a symbol of the life of the Palestinian, and their destruction by Israeli forces is an attempt to de-root the Palestinians from their land.
Throughout the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian land has been and continues to be confiscated by the Israeli government.
Since May of 2002, the Israeli government has been building a massive apartheid wall, which has thus far flattened and/or isolated hundreds of thousands of dunams of Palestinian farmland and destroyed tens of thousands of olive trees.
Throughout the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian land has been and continues to be confiscated by the Israeli government.
Since May of 2002, the Israeli government has been building a massive apartheid wall, which has thus far flattened and/or isolated hundreds of thousands of dunams of Palestinian farmland and destroyed tens of thousands of olive trees.
Illegal Israeli colonies are built on occupied Palestinian land; more land is confiscated to build roads that encircle Palestinian villages but are not for use by Palestinians; Palestinians are locked up in their towns and villages as Israeli soldiers stand guard; Palestinians are not allowed to access their own property; crops go bad and Palestinian survival on their land is threatened.