RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Khan Younis - 28 September 2021. Palestinian workers prepare olives before crushe it to change-over into oil in an olive oil processing workshop, in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza strip.



0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Nasrallah al-Masri, owner of olive oil processing workshop.
0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Mohammed Isleh, citizen.

STORYLINE:

The 2021 olive harvest season, was an exceptionally poor one in terms of oil yield.

Palestinians relate to the weather based on how it would benefit or harm the olives. There is well-known unspoken rule about treating olive trees with respect. There is a day off from work just to pick olives.

Olive oil is an essential part of so many dishes for Palestinians.

Olive harvest season, is considered one of the most important annual seasons for the people of the Gaza Strip, as the seaside territory has a large number of trees to cover a vast part of the population's oil and olive needs.

According to the Palestinian agriculture ministry official data, the local consumption of the olive oil in Gaza amounts to 4,000 tons a year.


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