A lesser-known dimension of Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestine since 1967 is the systematic destruction of the Palestinian people’s economic resources and means of livelihood. One of the most ...

When I served in the press office of the Israeli embassy to the Holy See, I helped plant an olive tree from Nazareth in the backyard of Pope Benedict XVI. The soil came from Israel, the shovel from ...

Attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers have reportedly destroyed over 8,000 olive trees in the occupied West Bank ...

An olive tree more than 200 years old grown near Nazareth was sent as a gift from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Pope Benedict XVI. The tree will be planted Wednesday during a ceremony ...

Israeli occupation bulldozers razed dozens of dunams of Palestinian agricultural land on Sunday morning north of the village of Yasuf, adjacent to the illeg ...

The slow growth of olive trees forces us to look to the future and consider what kind of world we are leaving our descendants. Pope Benedict XVI plants an olive tree with Israeli President Shimon ...

Settlers have torched olive trees in the northern West Bank village of Majdal Bani Fadil, causing a large blaze, according to footage shared online and the official Palestinian Authority news agency, ...

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast. These are the opening lines of a religious poem written in 1913 by Joyce Kilmer. The poem was set to music and is sung to this day. Trees have many uses and ...

Olive harvest an economic necessity for some Palestinians U.N. envoy urges Israel to protect Palestinian farmers Settler official says reports of attacks "dubious" BURQA, West Bank, Oct 28 (Reuters) - ...

However, for me personally, for the first time ever, I connected the symbolism of the day with the other symbol of Chanukah – the olive tree, and the most significant connection back to our homes and ...