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The 2023 Israel-Hamas war significantly impacted Bethlehem's olive wood carving industry, which has long been a cornerstone of the city's economy and cultural identity. The conflict resulted in a drastic decline in tourism, the primary market for the region’s handcrafted religious artifacts.
It was founded in 2004 by Palestinian-American Nasser Abufarha and is based in the West Bank city of Jenin. Canaan's products—including organic fair trade olive oil, Maftoul, Freekeh, and za'atar—are produced by over 1,700 farmers in the West Bank organized in informal cooperatives and represented by the Palestine Fair Trade Association.
Palestinian handicrafts include embroidery work, pottery-making, soap-making, glass-making, weaving, and olive-wood and Mother of Pearl carvings, among others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some Palestinian cities in the West Bank , particularly Bethlehem , Hebron and Nablus have gained renown for specializing in the production of a particular handicraft, with ...
As Israeli settlers use the war in Gaza as a pretext for a land grab in Palestinians' other territory, olive farmers fear their way of life may be on the verge of extinction.
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Peace Oil is an American brand of olive oil produced from Palestinian olives, and marketed in cooperation with Israeli and Palestinian fair trade groups. Olive trees and oil have been central to disputes in the Israeli-occupied territories, with documented accounts of the destruction of Palestinian olive groves. [1] [2]
Palestinian Olive harvest in 2014. Olive trees are a major agricultural crop in the Palestinian territories, where they are mostly grown for olive oil production. It has been estimated that olive production accounted for 57% of cultivated land in the Palestinian territories with 7.8 million fruit-bearing olive trees in 2011. [1]