Gaza’s olive harvest fades amid war as Palestinians fight to save tradition

“Gaza’s olive harvest fades amid war as Palestinians fight to save tradition”

The smell of freshly baked zaatar bread mingled with smoke rising from an open fire as Saed Abu Baraka gathered with his family beneath the olive trees in central Gaza, trying to revive a tradition that the war has severely disrupted. Around him, displaced families who had taken shelter on his land joined the breakfast gathering, sharing home-made bread and tea brewed over a fire, and recalling years when the olive harvest was among the happiest occasions of the Palestinian year. For a few…