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"Olive Trees," Vincent Van Gogh, 1889.

Y'all know Van Gogh.

This is one of a series of 15 paintings he did of olive trees near Saint-Remy, where he was being treated in an asylum there.

Painted in June, this is olive trees in full summer bloom, leaves out and the flowers dotting the meadow. The grass seems to be flowing, as if mowed that way or just in that pattern. He used small, quick strokes to depict the leaves and the light filtering through them. It's an image redolent of lazy sunny summer days.

From the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO.

@appassionato Israel have destroyed 86% of all agriculture land in Gaza, they did not have any military value, but they just destroyed them and wiped them off.

Of course, you don't read about it, other than in a footnote somewhere.

The Jewish ISIS terrorists in west bank have destroyed 10s of thousands of Palestinian olive trees, some of them over 200 years old. they uproot them, set them on fire, steal their harvest, drop weed killer on them and all of it happen with protection of IDF to make sure Palestinians don't harm thee monsters.

And if you look at the time stamp of those stories, most of them are before Oct. 7, 2023, things have gotten far far worse since that day and the media has stopped reporting about them.

middleeastmonitor.com/20211013…

timesofisrael.com/settlers-fil…

latimes.com/world-nation/story…

aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/t…

middleeasteye.net/news/israeli…

Middle East Monitor · 9,300 olive trees destroyed by Israel in the West Bank in one year, says ICRCBy Middle East Monitor

"Olive Grove," Vincent van Gogh, 1887.

Nothing like olives! Van Gogh seemed to view olive trees as a symbol of hope and regeneration. He did long studies of them at different times of day and in different seasons; this one is late autumn.

From the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.