It’s agonizing to watch not just the land, but an entire living culture, be ripped away with such casual cruelty. How do you steal a harvest and pretend the traditions come with the trees?
Israeli settlers take Palestinian olives, and their harvest traditions
As Israeli settlers harvest olives on Palestinian land, farmers face growing violence and loss of an ancient tradition.
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Hurts to see how they frame it as "making the desert bloom" when the desert was already a garden tended by families for centuries.
Not just trees, they uproot the maqams and the stories told under them. Cultural erasure at its most sinister.
This hit hard because my own grandfather lost his orchards in '48. They still have his old pruning knife hanging in the new owner's shed.
Deep down it's a spiritual theft, erasing generations of connection to the soil. The olives witness everything.
Alhamdulillah for still being able to witness their resilience.
SubhanAllah.
Ya Rabb, have mercy.
May Allah strengthen them.
Ameen to the du'as.
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