Struggles over land and water will intensify with the acceleration of climate change in the Middle East region and around the ...

Plants have long been used in traditional medicine and as symbols of unity and Palestinian nationhood. We look at their meanings and significance Many local Palestinian plants hold symbolism for ...

On a warm morning earlier this month, Palestinian farmer Khaled Muammar and a group of activist-volunteers descended on a grove of olive trees in the bucolic terraced hills outside the West Bank ...

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The recent Israel-Hamas ceasefire prompted Gazan farmers to salvage what remained of their 2024 olive harvest two months late. However, Israeli settlers tripled their attacks on West Bank olive ...

We visited LUSH's factory in Poole, the company's biggest in the world, and got to see the making of "Olive Tree" gourmet soap. The soap contains an in-house made base, as well fresh olives, and ...

The Tank and The Olive Tree recalls a certain number of forgotten fundamentals and sheds new light on the history of Palestine. By combining geopolitical analysis, interviews with international ...