28 September 2026
On terraces: the walls that hold the hills together
Stone by stone, the dry walls of the hillsides are the oldest public works we have.
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Writes Notes from the hills, a weekly column on land, family and work in the northern West Bank.
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What a harvest season teaches a city about patience
The olive year cannot be hurried, and neither can the slow work of keeping a community together.
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21 September 2026
Why we still press our own oil
The press is where a village sees itself once a year, and keeps count.
14 September 2026
A season measured in ladders
Before the first olive is picked, the ladders come out of the sheds.
7 September 2026
What the first rain promises, and what it does not
Every grower reads the sky in September. Few agree on what it says.
31 August 2026
Inheritance, and the trees that outlive us
A grove divided between siblings is a family tree drawn on a hillside.
24 August 2026
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