Ahiya has the only Israeli owned oil press in the region. Settlers from the region bring their olives to Ahiya to be pressed.[4]
Attacks against Palestinians
Palestinian farmers from nearby Jalud have accused settlers from Ahiya of taking harvested olives from them by force.[4]
On 9 February 2011, Israeli settlers from Ahiya attacked Jalud, demanding residents evacuate their houses and physically attacking local residents.[6]
In 2022, Haaretz reported that residents of Ahiya attacked the nearby Palestinian village of Jalud with firebombs, torching cars and house yards, in what the Israeli newspaper called a "pogrom", "flaunt evil" and "settler terror".[7]