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Hend Salama Abu Helow: Olive Trees Tie Palestinians to Our Homeland. Israel Treats Them as a Threat

They feared the olive trees — the trees that know, more than anyone, who the true owners of this land are.

September 7, 2025 · 11 Comments

Vanessa Chakour: My Innate Connection to Stolen Land

When people are distanced from land, they lose the intimate knowledge necessary to be effective stewards.

September 29, 2024 · 4 Comments

Jessica Bagwell: Study of an Olive Tree

Slick, ovalescent, stone
fruit, slung between leaves,
poised on the branch–waiting,
for warm hands
to pluck.

February 19, 2024 · 6 Comments

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