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The agriculture industry in Palestine is crucial to the economy, and is the pillar of their food security. However, the agriculture industry in Palestine is being controlled and restricted by the Israeli government. Israel continues to use the Palestinian agriculture as a means to inflict collective punishment on the Palestinian people to confiscate more land in the Occupied Territories’ (OT). Israel continues to confiscate Palestinian agricultural land and aquifers by denying Palestinian civilians access to their crops and their harvest (UN General Assembly, 2014). The Palestinian land had even been inundated with waste water (UN General Assembly, 2014). Israeli has occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan since the Six-Day War …show more content…
The olive tree has become a part of the Palestinian identity in that the trees have become a symbol of nationalism, and even a place to hide to strike the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) (Bennet, 2001). On the other hand, the olive tree has become a way for the Israeli settlers to attack the Palestinians. That is the Israeli settlers have realized the importance of the olive tree on Palestinian identity, and also their economic livelihood, so some Israelis see the olive tree as a way to strike at the …show more content…
As a result, Israel continues to uproot Palestinian olive trees to replace them with the Israeli pine trees (Braverman, 2009). Planting of pine trees has completely transformed the landscape of historical Palestine. The Israeli occupation of the West Bank, therefore, is a rationalized system of political rule that has caused economic, and environmental degradation, and has destroyed the livelihood of Palestinian farmers. The Israeli occupation of the West Bank has denied the Palestinians the right to pursue agricultural development causing a concern over their food security. That is, the Israeli government has established laws and regulations to control the agriculture industry in the West Bank, thus has become another means for Israeli

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