{"id":2223,"date":"2011-10-18T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2019-01-03T12:31:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:31:54","slug":"2011-10-18-olive-harvest-fast-facts-ocha-factsheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/2011-10-18-olive-harvest-fast-facts-ocha-factsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Olive harvest Fast facts &#8211; OCHA factsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:#0d6cbf;--awb-bg-color-hover:#0d6cbf;--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:2em;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Fast Facts<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">About 45% of the agricultural land in the oPt is planted with 12 million olive trees, the vast majority<br \/>\nin the West Bank<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The olive oil industry provides about one quarter of the gross agricultural income in the oPt and supports the livelihoods of approximately 100,000 families.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">44 out of 66 Barrier gates are only open during the harvest season, impeding the regular maintenance of the groves and undermining their productivity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Some 40% of applications for \u2018visitor permits\u2019 to access olive groves behind the Barrier, submitted by Palestinians on the eve of the 2010 harvest season, were rejected.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">In the vicinity of 55 Israeli settlements, Palestinian access to olive groves is limited to certain times during the harvest season, when Israeli forces are deployed on the ground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Between January and September 2011, more than 7,500 olive trees belonging to Palestinians were uprooted, set on fire or otherwise vandalized by Israeli settlers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Of 97 complaints about settler attacks against Palestinian trees, followed up by the Israeli NGO Yesh Din, none (zero) has so far led to the indictment of a suspect.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">In the Gaza Strip, over 7,300 dunums of land along the perimeter fence with Israel, that were previously cultivated with olive trees have been leveled during Israeli incursions in recent years. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#0d6cbf;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #0d6cbf 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #0d6cbf 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-moz-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #0d6cbf 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-o-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #0d6cbf 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><b>1. A range of access and protection challenges has hindered the ability of Palestinians to earn their living from olive trees<\/b>, particularly during the olive harvest season. The most problematic areas are olive groves located between the Barrier and the Green Line, in the vicinity of Israeli settlements, and along the perimeter fence surrounding the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p><b>2. Thousands of farmers are denied access to their olive groves located between the Barrier and the Green Line due to \u2018security reasons\u2019 or inability to meet Israel\u2019s criteria to prove a \u2018connection to the land\u2019<\/b>. This is in spite of the fact that the Israeli authorities approve a larger number of permit applications than during the olive harvest than the rest of the year. Many Palestinians are discouraged from applying for permits as they have been refused in the past, and others refuse to apply as a matter of principle.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. The majority of the \u2018agricultural gates\u2019 along the Barrier (44 out of 66) are only open for a limited number of hours during harvest days<\/b>. This restrictive opening prevents many farmers from carrying out essential al year round activities such as ploughing, pruning, and fertilizing, thus undermining the quality and quantity of the yield.<\/p>\n<p><b>4. In \u2018friction areas\u2019 around settlements, Palestinian access during the harvest is restricted to limited periods designated by the Israeli army<\/b>. While this measure is intended to prevent settler attacks, it puts the onus of the limitations on the farmers, rather than on violent settlers, and is ineffective in preventing attacks against trees when soldiers are not present.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><b>5. A pervasive and long standing lack of accountability is a key factor encouraging settler violence<\/b>, including in the context of the olive harvest. The large majority of complaints filed with the Israeli Police following settler attacks are regularly closed without indictment.<\/p>\n<p><b>6. In the Gaza Strip, military activities in areas up to 1.5 km from the perimeter fence with Israel have largely prevented thousands of families from accessing their olive trees<\/b>. The majority of the trees in these areas were uprooted in recent years during land leveling operations. Farmers accessing the olive trees that remain in the area are often exposed to \u2018warning shots\u2019 by Israeli forces deployed along the fence.<\/p>\n<p><b>7. Israel, as the occupying power, must fulfill its obligations under international law to protect Palestinian civilians and property, effectively prevent and ensure accountability for all acts of violence, whether committed by Israeli forces or settlers<\/b>. Israeli authorities must also ensure that the civilian population of the oPt is able to enjoy its basic rights, including the right to freedom of movement, and the right to work and gain a living.<\/p>\n<\/div><ul style=\"--awb-size:13px;--awb-line-height:22.1px;--awb-icon-width:22.1px;--awb-icon-height:22.1px;--awb-icon-margin:9.1px;--awb-content-margin:31.2px;--awb-circlecolor:#a0ce4e;--awb-circle-yes-font-size:11.44px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1 fusion-checklist-default type-icons\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-file-pdf-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/OCHA_OliveHarvest.pdf\">Complete document in PDF format<\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"country":[],"committee-meeting":[],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-map-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}