Tree of life: Palestinian company taps the olive leaf for health benefits In the past, Palestinian farmers paid no attention to olive leaves, but now the company Palolea is harnessing their nutrients ...

As oils burn, the energy locked up in the bonds that has kept the carbons together is released. The tight binding of neighbour atoms is a power so valuable that it has kept the olive tree a foundation ...

The olive tree is an essential aspect of Palestinian culture, heritage and identity, and has been mentioned in the Bible, the Qur’an, and the Torah. Many families depend on the olive trees for ...

[7] Atyaf Alwazir, “Uprooting Olive trees in Palestine,” Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE), Case Number: 110, American University, November 2002. Donate to our Spring Fund Drive.

An ancient olive tree, estimated to be 3000 years old, in the Jenin region, Palestine. KRIS HERBST Canaan Palestine/Supplied I’ve experienced olive groves in Europe, but not 3,000-year-old trees.

60-year-old Palestinian Mahfoza Oud cries and hugs her olive tree in the West Bank village of Salem after Israeli forces chopped them in November 2005 (AFP) ...

Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire holds after reaching truce Last spring, a Palestinian farmer was planting a new olive tree when his shovel hit a hard object. He called his son, and for three months ...

Throughout the centuries, Palestinian farmers have made their living from olive cultivation and olive oil production; 80 percent of cultivated land in the West Bank and Gaza is planted with olive ...

In fields that Palestinian farmers are not allowed to access regularly, the olive fruit fly has damaged up to 80% of olive production. As for the areas where bio-traps are distributed, the percentage ...

Still, like the olive tree, Milhem remains firmly rooted to the land where he grew up. Abbas Milhem on his olive farm. Photo courtesy of Abbas Milhem Nearly half of the available agricultural land in ...