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This is a compilation of reports of Olive Harvest in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, 11th, 13th, 16th & 30th October. Video by Fida Qishta. ISM Gaza Strip volunteers living in the Gaza Strip have been assisting farmers living in ...
Read More »Palestinian farmers and international activists pushed off land in Kufr Qeddum attempting to harvest olives
Israeli military forces evicted Palestinian farmers and over 100 international activists from olive groves near the illegal Israeli settlement of Qedumim on 24th October. Farmers and accompanying activists attempted to enter the lands of Kufr Qeddum farmer, Faruq Abdl Karim ...
Read More »Village of Azmut attacked by settlers for second consecutive day
Village of Azmut, near Nablus Palestinians picking olives on their land in Azmut were attacked by Israeli settlers two days in a row. On Saturday, October 18, according to villagers a group of approximately eight settlers from the illegal Elon ...
Read More »Settlers smash Palestinian family’s car while soldiers refuse to intervene during olive harvest in Azmut
At approximately 10:40 on Thursday morning a Palestinian family from Azmut, in the northeast of Nablus, was harvesting their land near the illegal Elon Moreh settlement when a group of five settlers terrorized the family. The settlers, wielding bats and ...
Read More »Israeli forces attack Ni’lin olive harvest
On Friday morning 10th October, residents of Ni’lin village went out to harvest olives on their land, supported by about 100 Israelis and international activists, and also accompanied by media crews. Video by Israel Putermam Photos courtesy of Activestills The ...
Read More »Two Palestinian farmers injured as Yitzhar settlers attack olive harvest near Huwwara, Nablus
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians farmers near Huwwara on Saturday 11th October. More than 25 settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Yizhar descended upon Palestinian farmers while the farmers were undertaking their annual olive harvest. The settlers were armed with ...
Read More »Harvesting olives on the Green Line in Gaza
Film by Fida Qishta. Language editing by ISM Gaza On the 9th October, members of ISM Gaza supported an action organised by a Palestinian youth group called The Local Initiative. Olive farmers were accompanied onto their land, situated extremely close ...
Read More »ISM Gaza join 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign
Many farmers in the Gaza Strip are being denied access to their land by Israeli occupation forces. An arbitrary ‘buffer zone’ is being imposed hundreds of metres deep long the Green Line. Agricultural land has been destroyed in these areas ...
Read More »Farmers from Salim village discover theft and damage to their olive groves
On Monday 6 October approximately 15 families went to their lands near Elon More settlement only to discover many of the trees have yielded little harvest and the olives had been stolen by settlers. The village had been given 3 ...
Read More »Olive Harvest Campaign 2008: Israeli forces prevent residents of Tell from harvesting their olives
Israeli forces marked the beginning of the olive harvest season by forcing Palestinian farmers from their lands in Tell. After the recent rain in Palestine, the 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign was launched today, ten days earlier than planned. For more ...
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