Along with white dove and the V-sign, an olive branch is one of our most enduring symbols for peace. In fact, an Ancient Roman transported to the 21st century would instantly understand the meaning of ...

Megan Young/Daily. Buy this photo. Palestine. The Holy Land. An ancient motherland, where every nook and cranny possesses a piece of sacred history. Home of the olive tree: a renowned symbol of peace ...

The olive harvest in the West Bank lasts roughly October through November, a festive season of family and friends coming together to pick olives, often on groves passed on through generations of ...

SPATA, Greece — In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree — a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he said, ...