Israeli Settler Rabbi Dov Lior Permits Stealing Palestinian Olives
An Israeli settler rabbi rules that settlers may harvest olives from Palestinian-owned groves, as settler violence surges during the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank.
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An Israeli settler rabbi rules that settlers may harvest olives from Palestinian-owned groves, as settler violence surges during the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank.
Mata documented 1,401 Israeli violations in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem between 9 and 15 October 2026, including one martyr, 86 injuries and 153 arrests.
Two brothers and their father were injured Friday when settlers attacked them while they were picking olives in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, with injuries ranging from light to moderate.
The Palestinian information centre "Mata" recorded 61 popular resistance actions across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem between 9 and 15 October, including confrontations, responses to settler attacks and demonstrations.
The United Nations says settler attacks during the current olive harvest season have exceeded last season's total, with more than 200 attacks and one Palestinian killed and over 120 injured.
Settler attacks on villages and towns across the occupied West Bank, concentrated around Ramallah, left several Palestinians and a foreign journalist injured and vehicles and olive trees burned.