Israel is preventing thousands of Palestinian farmers in the West Bank from reaching their olive trees, while settlers harvest their crops. 90 per cent of Gaza’s two million olive trees have been destroyed since October 2023

Without the protective gear, “I probably would have been dead,” Levine said, pointing out that Palestinians do not have such protection, and more than 20 had been killed by settlers this year.

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“I’ve been detained by the IDF, along with a group of rabbis and volunteers,” Lander posted on the way to the police station. “Harvesting olives isn’t a crime under any law I know.”

Nadav Cohen Tzemach was arrested in December 2025 but never charged after running over Palestinian with an ATV and firing a weapon in a Palestinian village