BURIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Mazuza Raja tosses a tray of freshly picked olives into the air, a traditional way of sorting a harvest so good this year that Palestinians dare dream of better fortune.
"The olive provides a main source of income for my family," said the 55-year-old woman, who lives in a village near the West Bank city of Jenin. "It is like green petrol for us, because we have no other source of income."
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