
epa05592147 A Palestinian woman pick olives from her family farm in the Palestinian village of Der al-Ghoson near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 19 October 2016. Regional farmers are harvesting their olives this year from First-October until 10 November. According to figures issued by the United Nations some 80 thousand Palestinian families earn their income from growing olives in plantations which reportedly occupy about 48 per cent of the agricultural land in the West Bank and Gaza strip. About 93 percent of the olive harvest pressed to oil with the rest being used in soap production. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH