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The olive tree is so intrinsic to Palestine that it featured in the work of famed Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, shown here on a protester’s sign during a march calling for aceasefire in Gaza ...

Broomberg has been taking pictures of ancient olive trees in Palestine for the past 18 months — most of them were planted more than a thousand years ago. The oldest one, called the Al-Badawi ...

A Palestinian man shakes an olive tree during the harvest season at a grove outside Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on November 9, 2023. Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images.

Dating back an estimated 5,000 years, an olive tree in the West Bank village of al-Walaja, near Bethlehem, is believed to be one of the world’s oldest olive trees.

Olive harvesting in the West Bank has become increasingly dangerous as Palestinian farmers face a rise in violence by Israeli settlers and security forces.

Over the years, Palestinians have found various ways to depict and preserve their heritage, as a form of resistance. Around Palestine’s diverse and lush green cities, plants and flowers have ...

Olive harvesting in the West Bank has become increasingly dangerous as Palestinian farmers face a rise in violence by Israeli settlers and security forces.