Palestinian Mahfouza Odeh, 75, reacts as she hugs a cut olive tree in an olive grove in the West Bank village of Salim near Nablus Sunday Nov. 27, 2005. Israeli settlers cut down about 300 olive trees belonging to residents of the village of Salim outside the northern West Bank city of Nablus, residents of the village and international activists said Sunday. The settlers say they cut down the trees to prevent Palestinians from attacking them under cover of the olive groves.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
Spartan2470 on April 1st, 2024 at 15:16 UTC »
Here is another picture of this. Per there:
PattyIceNY on April 1st, 2024 at 15:25 UTC »
For reference: Olive trees can live to be thousands of years old. Cutting them down is an atrocity.
okcdnb on April 1st, 2024 at 16:20 UTC »
Isn’t the olive branch generally a symbol of peace?