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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Jordan bans Palestinian olive oil, even from Palestinian visitors

Jordan has banned Palestinian visitors from bringing any olive oil into the kingdom - even a token bottle as a gift.The Jordanian crossings officials informed the Palestinian General Administration of Borders and Crossings that as of Tuesday of this week, Palestinians cannot bring any olive oil through the Allenby Bridge crossing to Jordan, even small quantities.Jordan already...

Fisking @Oxfam: How important is the Palestinian olive harvest to its economy, and how much damage do "settlers" cause?

Oxfam put out this infographic:Is the olive harvest season essential to the Palestinian economy?Let's look at some of the statistics.How important is agriculture to the Palestinian economy? In 2016, agriculture contributed 3.16% of the Palestinian GDP. Which means that the olive harvest contributes less than one percent of the Palestinian economy.If Oxfam cares about...

Jewish settlers again accused of chopping down olive trees - on Shabbat

Wafa and a whole bunch of other Arab sources report:Settlers cut, today, Saturday, about 30 olive trees from Qaryut lands, south of Nablus.The official in charge of the settlement file in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, told "Wafa" that settlers cut down about 30 olive trees in the town's lands, owned by Bilal Mahmoud Raja.As I have shown before, Ghassan Daghlas is...

"Pay for Slay" pays triple the total amount of olive oil revenue for Palestinians

This is the time of the year of the Palestinian olive harvest, and there are lots of stories and photos about how critical this time of year is to the Palestinian economy. Most of the olives are converted to olive oil.How much is the annual olive oil yield in the West Bank? According to UN-OCHA, it is between $110 and $120 million a year. Articles try to say how critical...

Palestinians again lie about "settlers cutting down olive trees" on the Sabbath

Palestinian media has dozens of stories about "Jewish settlers" cutting down some 40 olive trees in Al Mughayir, north of Ramallah. The "settlers" were said to come from nearby Shiloh - on Saturday morning. Shiloh is a religious Jewish community, and its residents wouldn't cut down trees on the Sabbath. (Cutting down 40 olive trees would take a great deal of time and effort.) Not...

Oh, by the way: Palestinians had a record olive crop in 2019

From OCHA: Record yield reported from 2019 olive harvestThere are over 10 million olive trees in the West Bank, on which between 80,000 to 100,000 families rely for their income, including large numbers of unskilled laborers and more than 15 per cent of working women. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the olive oil yield for the 2019 harvest, which took place between September and November, is estimated to be 27,000...

More bogus claims of "settlers" cutting down Palestinian trees - on Shabbat

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency says: Settlers continued for the third day in a row, cutting down trees in the lands of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem , raising the number of trees that were targeted cutting to 780 trees.The youth activist in Al-Khader, Emad Da`dou, told our correspondent that today, Saturday, the settlers cut down 200 vine trees in the "Fagur"...