the olive harvest season has already
been a time of clashes
this year and
there is an israeli settlement outpost
at the top of this hill
and some of the olive trees are near to
that and so that's why this time of year
it's always a time of tension
uh when the farmers tried to harvest the
olives close to settlements
and many reported attacks already this
year from israeli
settlers just over this way you can see
some of the
uh volunteers the palestinian activists
are trying to make their way up the hill
now what they say they are doing is that
they are here to protect
the olive harvest to protect the farmers
the point about the olive harvest is
it's not just economically vital to the
palestinians especially this year with
the devastation
that's been caused by coronavirus but
it's also symbolically hugely important
a symbol of palestinian national
identity
israeli forces say they investigate any
attacks by settlers and that they
safeguard harvests and keep public order
palestinians dispute much of that
one of the palestinians lights a fire
the israeli soldiers are moving down
here past the fire
that's burning the settlers are trying
to put it out at the moment
and while all this is happening there's
been some palestinians moving up the
path here
throwing stones towards the soldiers
we're now getting pushed back away from
the fire the settlers here are still
trying to put out
uh what the fire that's burning the
palestinians we're moving
palestinians being pushed back down the
hill here
things kicked off when uh there was
somebody injured and being
there's some carried rocks being thrown
here and the soldiers are firing back
we're in the middle of this
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