Preparing for the harvest: the exiled Palestinian poet, Mourid Barghouti, writes in I saw Ramallah: 'For the Palestinian, olive oil is ... the reward of the autumn, the boast of the storeroom, the wealth of the family across centuries'

Not if Israel's settlers--and, by extension, the Israeli state--can help it. October means the annual harvest for Palestinian communities, a tradition generations old and a celebration in which Palestinians mark [...]