# Protecting Palestine’s oldest olive tree amid West Bank settler violence

https://mins.news/en/video/134144

- Global News, 2026-11-08 00:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26rMXkNcQrQ

> A group of senior former Israeli military officials travelled to the occupied West Bank this week to denounce Jewish settlers’ violence against Palestinian farmers harvesting olives. The UN says Israeli forces often participate in the attacks or protect those carrying them out. One farmer says the rising violence threatens far more than his livelihood.

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