Local Jews catch Arabs ‘farmers’ filming adjacent Jewish town and making throat-cutting gestures on video – all as part of the ‘olive harvest.’
By Maayana Miskin
Jews living in Judea and Samaria (Shomron) have argued for years that many Arabs in the region use the olive harvest as a pretext to prepare the ground for attacks on Israeli communities.
The annual harvest often leads to conflict as Arabs and foreign left-wing activists insist on entering Jewish communities to pick olives – including communities where the olive harvest formerly led to fatal terrorism. The IDF provides them with security. Continue Reading »