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ISM Gaza reports from the Olive Harvest Campaign 2008 in the ‘buffer zone’

Posted on: November 5, 2008

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 the Buffer Zone areas of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with their olive harvest during the month of October. In 2005, Israeli Occupation forces declared a 500 meter wide area, deep into the rich agricultural land of Gaza Strip, as a “Buffer Zone”. The entire Eastern … Continue reading


Updated on June 4, 2009
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Palestinian farmers and international activists pushed off land in Kufr Qeddum attempting to harvest olives

Posted on: October 24, 2008
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 Barhum, early on Friday morning, to harvest olives, but were denied entry to the lands when Israeli authorities declared the area a closed military zone.

Farmers and activists then attempted to harvest olives on nearby lands belonging to Kufr Qeddum mayor, Mohammad Abu Nimah – lands which have been occupied by Qedumim’s “hilltop … Continue reading


Updated on October 24, 2008
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Village of Azmut attacked by settlers for second consecutive day

Posted on: October 20, 2008

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 Moreh settlement attacked an elderly man in his field with sticks and stones, injuring him severely enough to require hospital treatment.

The settlers returned on Sunday and began yelling insults and threats to a family consisting of 3 women, 3 children and one man as the family
attempted to bring in their olive harvest. A group of journalists and internationals arrived at the olive … Continue reading


Updated on October 20, 2008
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Settlers smash Palestinian family’s car while soldiers refuse to intervene during olive harvest in Azmut

Posted on: October 16, 2008
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 knives, proceeded to attack the family car, smashing all windows and slashing all tyres, before retreating up the hill to the settlement.

Handala Assus, the owner of the land was picking olives nearby with his family and five small children when the attack occurred. After shouting at … Continue reading


Updated on October 16, 2008
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Israeli forces attack Ni’lin olive harvest

Posted on: October 12, 2008
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 proposed route of the wall cuts deeply into this land, and will cut villagers off from a whole valley full of olive trees belonging to the village of Ni’lin. Ten people were injured, two of them children, as the Israeli army violently tried to … Continue reading


Updated on April 6, 2009
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Two Palestinian farmers injured as Yitzhar settlers attack olive harvest near Huwwara, Nablus

Posted on: October 11, 2008
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 machine guns, and one fired a single shot in the air before they began to hurl rocks at the Palestinian farmers, injuring two. One of the injured, Mustafa Najah from Burin, was hit in the head and taken to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus. He is thought to have sustained eye injuries.

The attack continued … Continue reading


Updated on October 11, 2008
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Harvesting olives on the Green Line in Gaza

Posted on: October 9, 2008

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 to the Green Line, under the shadow of several Israeli watchtowers. Palestinian and international activists worked alongside local farmers to bring in the 2008 harvest. Farmers in this area have been denied access to their land by Israeli occupation forces and vast numbers of their trees (150,000 – 200,000) have … Continue reading


Updated on June 4, 2009
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ISM Gaza join 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign

Posted on: October 9, 2008
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 and massive numbers of olive and fruit trees have been bulldozed, devastating the livelihoods of entire farming communities.

According to the PCHR, approximately 31.503 dunums/31.5 million square metres of land in the Gaza Strip, most of it agricultural, has been razed by the Israelis. This represents at least 10% of the total arable land … Continue reading


Updated on October 9, 2008
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Farmers from Salim village discover theft and damage to their olive groves

Posted on: October 6, 2008
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 days from the Israeli District Co-ordination Office (DCO) where protection for farmers would be provided in the area around the settlement which is a designated ‘Area C’ despite the land belonging to the village. The gate which marks the area was due to be opened at 7am, but farmers were not permitted to pass … Continue reading


Updated on October 6, 2008
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Olive Harvest Campaign 2008: Israeli forces prevent residents of Tell from harvesting their olives

Posted on: October 5, 2008
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 information on the campaign please click here

On Sunday 5th October, approximately twenty farmers attempted to harvest olives from their lands adjacent to the notoriously violent Israeli settlement of Harvat Gilad. Whilst the Palestinian olive harvest does not officially begin until 10th October, farmers from Tell, a village near Nablus, felt compelled to … Continue reading


Updated on October 5, 2008
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