Gaza Olive Harvest Resumes Despite Israeli Border Threats
Palestinian volunteers have resumed the olive harvest on Gaza's border with Israel, despite the continued threat from Israeli border forces.
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Moussa Saadat and his wife, Fatima, pick olives and thoroughly inspect them to see if they are damaged or not. They explained to Al-Monitor that worms had infested the majority of this year’s crop.
The damaged olives, which cannot be pickled because of holes created by the worms, are thrown in a bucket to be pressed. If undamaged, the olives are placed in another bucket and used for pickling. The third bucket that contains black and undamaged olives has the smallest number.
