The kids in the foreground are from several family groups of religious Zionist (dati leumi) Israeli Jews from various towns and cities in the Jerusalem area.
The people working alongside them, such as the man in the yellow shirt, are Israeli Muslim Bedouin, students and teachers from a school for special needs children (including several with Down Syndrome) in the southern Israeli town of Rahat.
There was also a Jewish high school group, I didn't catch from where.
They are all volunteering together this Hannukah on a farm in a moshav village in central Israel, helping to harvest the olives to be made into olive oil.
(The man driving the tractor is from the farm)
After working all morning we were invited to take a break and visit the olive pressing barn where gleaming stainless steel equipment produces olive oil the modern way. Explanations were offered in Hebrew and Arabic.
In the distance we could see white puffs of smoke in the sky and hear the loud booms of Iron Dome rocket interceptions over the densely populated cities of central Israel.
In the other direction we saw a glorious large flock of overwintering pelicans lazily soaring overhead.
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