Olive trees have long been a symbol of peace, abundance and glory.

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Palestinian Salima Ewes, 73, mourns the loss of her olive trees in the West Bank village of A Loban, Oct. 23. Ewes lost 40 of her olive trees after they were chopped down by Israeli settlers from the nearby Elie settlement, near the West Bank City of Nablus.