Olive harvest in the West Bank

Olives ready to be picked Photograph: David Levene

Sair Khassab and his aunt Fatiyah Hasseeb harvest olives. Hasseeb finished harvesting her land and is helping her nephew with his 18 trees. She says harvesting olives saves them around 3,000 shekels (about £500) a year in buying olive oil and they make 1,000 to 1,500 shekels selling what they don't need Photograph: David Levene

Boys on their way to pick olives in Beni Zeid Photograph: David Levene

An 800-year-old tree owned by Sabri Arrar is harvested by his family members in Qurawa Photograph: David Levene

Handpicked olives on a sheet on the ground Photograph: David Levene

Sacks of olives are unloaded from the boot of a farmer's car to be pressed for olive oil in the village of Beni Zeid Photograph: David Levene

Saaja and Layla collect olives picked by their parents Amjad Mahmoud Amsafir and Hiyam, who own 100 trees on six dunums (0.6 hectares) Photograph: David Levene

Olives on a branch at harvest time in Beni Zeid Photograph: David Levene

Farmers from the Beni Zeid Co-operative have their olives weighed at the end of a day's harvesting. All of the harvested olives are pooled together before being pressed in the village nearby Photograph: David Levene

The remains of burnt olive groves belonging to the village of Burin. According to Yesh Din – Volunteers for Human Rights, an Oxfam partner – settlers from nearby settlements and outposts torched several olive groves on 26 July after the IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) demolished a building in one of the outposts Photograph: David Levene

The wall that separates Israel from the West Bank, photographed from the Palestinian village of Ni'lin Photograph: David Levene

Olive harvesting in Beni Zeid Photograph: David Levene

Farmers from the Beni Zeid Co-operative bring their olives to be weighed Photograph: David Levene

Ma an Tael Misaf, 13, from Beni Zeid, whose father, Tael, farms around 150 trees. Tael has nine children in all and is a member of the Beni Zeid Co-operative for organic olive oil production Photograph: David Levene

Crates full of olives to be weighed Photograph: David Levene

Olives on the weighing machine Photograph: David Levene

The finished product: olive oil at a press in Beni Zeid Photograph: David Levene

A horse has a drink after a day's work in the olive groves Photograph: David Levene

Filling containers with olive oil for local consumers Photograph: David Levene

Olive trees on the hills of the West Bank Photograph: David Levene