Rabbi Dov Lior, a leading figure in the religious Zionist movement, ruled on Friday that Jews may harvest olives from Palestinian-owned groves in the West Bank, claiming the land belongs to the Jewish people and arguing that doing so, even in areas far from Jewish communities, helps publicly assert Jewish ownership of the land and fulfills the religious commandment of conquering the land.
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