Israeli settlers and soldiers have made a habit of destroying olive trees grown by Palestinian farmers in the West Bank and, in recent days, a video showing some trees being ripped up has circulated online. Just one problem: this particular video was generated by artificial intelligence.
Palestinian olive groves are regularly targeted in the occupied West Bank. This year, the olive harvest was marked by numerous acts of settler violence aimed at Palestinian farmers. Israeli Army bulldozers ripped out olive trees in places like Deir Nizam, a village in the centre of the West Bank, as shown by photos taken by the news agency Reuters in late September.
