Israeli settlers gather as Palestinian farmers harvest their olive trees in the Israeli-occupied West Bank village of Deir Abu Mashal on October 19, 2026. The olive harvest starts in the West Bank in October and makes up a large component of the agricultural economy and cultural life for most Palestinians. Violence has flared in recent months in the West Bank with near-daily attacks, thefts or vandalism by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. Extremist Israeli settlers have been seizing olive groves owned by Palestinians, who see the trees as a cultural symbol. Some 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, which Israel captured in 1967, among three million Palestinians. Settlements in occupied territory are illegal under international law. (Photo by ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images)