Palestinians struggle to harvest olives in West Bank

STORY: Palestinians struggle to harvest olives in West Bank DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Palestinian olive farmers with Israeli soldiers 2. various of Palestinian olive farmers collecting olives 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM ABU SHAKHDAM, Palestinian olive farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SHARIF AL-TAMIMI, Palestinian olive farmer STORYLINE: Palestinians who grow olives in parts of the West Bank under Israeli rule have found the current harvest season more grueling than before, as the precious daylight hours were increasingly spent on getting Israeli security approvals. Akram Abu Shakhdam, an olive farmer living in Area C of the West Bank, says Israelis are forcing Palestinian locals to give up their lands to Israeli settlers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM ABU SHAKHDAM, Palestinian olive farmer "We face difficulties when we come to harvest olives, teenage Israeli settlers would come and start harassing us. When we try to defend