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Turtles in Aqraba

Posted on: February 10, 2012
Planting trees in Aqraba

by Jonas Weber

10 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


“Hurry up you turtles!” Wael yelled in the distance. He had suddenly turned this walk into some kind of contest. We skipped across the rocky landscape of Palestine, dirty and with the sun in our eyes.
We were planting trees in the small village of Aqraba, putting up pictures of our missed friends Rachel Corrie and Vittario Arrigoni. Men and women, young and old were helping out with the planting, and we were treated to tea sweet as syrup. … Continue reading


Updated on February 10, 2012
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Celebrating heroes and olives: Qaryut begins to dismantle roadblock

Posted on: February 5, 2012
Photos of George Habash, Vittorio Arrigoni, and Rachel Corrie and other heroes adorn trees planted by volunteers

by Aaron

5 February 2012  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


Hundreds of peaceful demonstrators confronted heavily armed Israeli soldiers this Friday, February 3rd,  at a new protest in the village of Qaryut, planting nearly one hundred trees and partially demolishing the roadblock that has obstructed access to the highway since the First Intifada.
Although organizers were prepared for military violence, the protest remained peaceful until the end, and demonstrators marched home triumphantly with a promise from the military to remove the roadblock with a bulldozer, which they … Continue reading


Updated on February 5, 2012
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A new stage for West Bank popular resistance

Posted on: January 29, 2012
A new stage for West Bank popular resistance

by Dylan Collins

28 January 2012 | The Palestine Monitor

In a hazy room, clouded with cigarette smoke and steam from hot syrup-sweat tea, residents of Kafr ad-Dik and its neighboring villages, along with Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists, excitedly gathered together waiting for the midday prayer to finish. The twenty-seventh of January marked the fourth Friday during which the village of Kafr ad-Dik has staged a nonviolent protest against the annexation of its agricultural land by the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA).

The village of Kafr ad-Dik, and the greater Salfit District, is … Continue reading


Updated on January 29, 2012
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Al Jazeera: Resistance is fertile: Palestine’s eco-war

Posted on: November 1, 2011
Armed Israelis often help uproot Palestinian olive trees from ground claimed by illegal settlements [GALLO/GETTY]

James Brownsell | Al Jazeera English

After uprooting thousands of olive trees, Israel’s latest plantation may pose a fire risk to its own citizens.

They come from across the planet and meet in the shadow of Israel’s 12m concrete wall. They strap olive saplings and water bottles to the back of a donkey, silent under its burden. Former police officers from Sweden, German punks, Australian conservationists, leftist activists from the US, South African priests, and a Celtic fringe of Welsh students join Israeli anarchists and Palestinian pacifists.

These are the guerilla gardeners of the occupied West Bank.

And it’s a growing movement, with more than 120 … Continue reading


Updated on November 2, 2011
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Refusing to die in silence: Palestinians resist settler violence during the olive harvest

Posted on: October 29, 2011
Olive harvesters watch Israeli soldiers after being told to stop picking olives in Burin - Click here for more images

Ben Lorber
29 October 2011 | Mondoweiss

As this year’s olive harvest sends Palestinian families across all of historic Palestine out to their olive trees, a new nonviolent resistance group called Refusing to Die In Silence is patrolling the West Bank, protecting harvesters from increased settler violence.

The 2011 olive harvest, which began in early October, has seen a troubling rise in settler attacks. On October 20, OXFAM reported that Israeli settlers have already cost West Bank Palestinian farmers $500,000 this year in destroyed olive trees. In September alone, … Continue reading


Updated on November 2, 2011
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Harvesting olives as a statement of resistance

Posted on: October 25, 2011

by Ben Lorber

24 October 2011 | The Electronic Intifada

Palestinian villages across the West Bank are undertaking their annual olive harvest this October, amid fears of harassment and violence from Israeli settlers and soldiers.

While the Palestinian olive harvest is a tradition that stretches back countless generations, the phenomenon of settler violence during the olive harvest is only as old as the illegal Israeli settlements themselves. Every year around October, grandparents, parents and children saddle up the donkey and, tree by tree, day by day, methodically comb, scrape and pick sack-fulls of olives from their family’s allotted portion of the 10 … Continue reading


Updated on October 26, 2011
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Israeli tanks patrol olive farmers in Gaza

Posted on: October 23, 2011

23 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Olive farmers and volunteers were picking olives on 23 October 2011 when they were circled by two Apache helicopters and were faced by four tanks at certain points in the day. This video shows one of the tanks.

 


Updated on October 25, 2011
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Essam Aoudhi: Martyred in defense of Qusra

Posted on: September 23, 2011

23 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Today Essam Kamal Abed Aoudhi, a 35 year old father of 8 children from the village of Qusra, was murdered by the Israeli army as they fired live ammunition indiscriminately into a crowd of villagers gathered in their village.

From the nearby outpost of Esh Kodesh (“Holy Head”) built entirely on stolen Qusra land, a large group of settlers left the settlement and entered the village just after 1pm and began attacking villagers and burning olive groves. As the villagers gathered to protect themselves and their land, the soldiers arrived and stood between … Continue reading


Updated on September 23, 2011
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Wasteland in al Walajeh: Israeli military destruction of farmland

Posted on: September 7, 2011

7 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On Tuesday September  6th local Palestinians from the village of Al Walajeh gathered with international activists to protest the building of the illegal separation barrier as well as the destruction of ancient olive trees. The demonstrators succeeded in halting the razing of Palestinian land for approximately one hour before soldiers violently broke up the protest arresting one Palestinian and one Israeli activist.

On September 5th bulldozers protected by dozens of soldiers arrived at 4 AM and uprooted 50 olive trees that date back at least 100 years. The bulldozers also destroyed 18 almond trees, … Continue reading


Updated on September 7, 2011
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Yitzhar settlers violently crash Burin wedding, military watches

Posted on: September 6, 2011
Settlers cause fires in Burin.

6 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

While villagers were celebrating a wedding in the small village of Burin, Israeli arsonists from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar seized the opportunity to set ablaze olive groves, destroying over 200 olive trees.

On September 5th at 5 AM, locals in the village of Burin and other surrounding areas awoke to the crashing sound of stones pelting their parked vehicles. The harassment continued, and at 3:15pm during a village party, settlers from the neighboring, illegal settlement of Yitzhar began to assault the village from the hilltops by … Continue reading


Updated on February 13, 2012
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