the olive trees

last night at 2 am, there was an israeli incursion of sufa, a village in south east border rafah bordering israel. they uproot the trees, killing their roots, thus negating the rootedness of the palestinian people and their lands. it's negating a presence and thus a generation. olive trees are considered immortals, and after 200 years, an olive tree re-shoots its roots into the land and thus never stops growing. its for this reason the israeli occupational forces pull the trees from the roots, leaving an empty land. and the trees are now useless....dead and cannot be replanted.

its another form of ethnic cleansing. these trees pose no threat to israel. furthermore these trees were not uprooted to make room for settlements or the wall (which are illegal anyway), but the IOF was trying to destroy and devastate livelihoods. these trees were my family's trees, and my their olives and their olive oil supported the man that took care of them for us. he now has no means of sustenance.

this used to be all olive trees


bulldozer tracks


trees roots, uprooted so they are can no longer be useful


these trees were almost 10 years old