An olive branch may signify peace, but not for many Palestinians who have been harvesting the crop in recent weeks.
On Monday, a 55-year-old Palestinian woman was taken to hospital after being beaten over the head by a masked Israeli settler while she was picking olives.
Video footage of the attack shows the man striking her unconscious with a stick before hitting her again as she lay motionless on the ground.
The unprovoked attack, which took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied W
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