Palestinian olive oil importers struggle with drought, tariffs, and settler violence to bring their product to Chicago.
Jul 06, 2026
Kerry Shadid busied himself taping small Palestinian flags and a keffiyeh to the door of his Chicago Ridge warehouse. He wanted a picturesque backdrop for the products he imports from Palestine under the Tulkarm label—za’atar, mint, sage, makdous, and his 16-liter tin jerrycans of oil pressed f
rom olives on his family’s estate in the West […]
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