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By Steven Salaita
There’s a certain way to show that Israelis are fundamentally outsiders
to the land, but, unfortunately, it doesn’t much resonate in the United
States, in no small part because Americans are fundamentally outsiders
to the land they occupy, as well. I speak of olive trees, which
exemplify the phrase “labor of love.” The trees take years to bear
fruit. Once they do, though, they can provide for centuries. The
curved, cragged trees, blending into the tawny environs of surrounding
earth, are ubiquitous throughout the West Bank and the Galilee, often
arranged in captivating symmetry. Nearly every Palestinian I know owns
some type of olivewood icon.
Since 1967, Israel has bulldozed over 800,000 of them. Settlers
routinely destroy orchards, having uprooted over 11,000 olive trees last
year alone. Government officials cite practical reasons for the
destruction, all of them involving the apocryphal word “security.” Much
of the time, however, they are simply being punitive.
full: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/palestine-unnaturally
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