West Bank | August | Palestinian inspects olive trees that he says were damaged by the Israeli army.

[u/Beautiful_Tear_9871]

[u/yumdumpster]

It takes like a decade from planting to the tree actually producing a significant amount of olives, in case anyone is wondering why they might be upset about their trees being damaged.

[u/onegumas]

To steal from the people who own almost nothing.

[u/Knighth77]

Israel has been damaging olive trees, crops, and land, in addition to destroying whole villages and water sources, and killing cattle. They're barbarians.

[u/azriel_odin → u/Knighth77]

"They make a desert and call it peace."

[u/alphanunchuck]

Hamas must have been hiding in those trees

[u/mac2o2o → u/alphanunchuck]

No no no, thats silly.

They are UNDER the tree ! They use trees as hostages!

S/

[u/No-Cover4993]

It feels similar to American settlers wiping out the bison in the 1800s, killing the prairies that Indigenous cultures relied upon.

Intentional environmental and agricultural destruction is part of what makes this situation a genocide.

[u/Drak_is_Right]

Damaged? Looks more like destroyed.

[u/UndesirableOldMan]

You meant “According to Hamas-run ecology ministry” /s

[u/GoldFuchs → u/UndesirableOldMan]

No Hamas in the West Bank but apparently they don't actually need the Hamas excuse to commit genocide there too.

[u/cisar236]

hamas must be hiding inside the olive tree