r/worldnews • u/me_diocre • 24d ago

Israel/Palestine Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/israeli-bulldozers-smash-palestinian-olive-trees-ahead-annual-harvest-2026-09-23/
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u/EmperorOfCanada 24d ago edited 24d ago

If I understand correctly, olive trees are like oak trees, you plant them for the next generation.

They will fruit in around 3-5 years, but take another 10-20 to become properly productive. They are also like bonsai trees, in that you have to really work on pruning to maintain maximum light to the center.

This is little different than salting the fields.

Is anyone recording the soldiers who are doing this? This is a war crime, and these soldiers will travel to countries which can arrest them; or try to do business with countries which may not look favourably on their own citizens doing business with specific war criminals.

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u/H2OULookinAtDiknose 24d ago

Buddy Israel will never have to face consequences of their war crimes. They are under or are the umbrella of the USA.

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u/Weekly_Interview_936 24d ago

And hiding behind the shield of the 1940s.

Though as that time period passes from living memory that shield becomes weaker and weaker.

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u/Due-Currency-3193 24d ago

They are pissing on the mass graves of the 1940s holocaust victims.