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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…
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Three injured in Bilin weekly protest
Report by Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bilin To view website click here Friday 3/10/2008 The residents of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli activists, gathered to demonstrate against the Apartheid Wall and settlement building on the 3rd October. The protesters raised the Palestinian flag and banners to commemorate the Eid, calling for a national unity and also other banners condemning the massacres against the Palestinian people. The demo left after the Friday prayer and…
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Israeli forces attack fire brigade and ambulance crew during demonstration in Ni’lin
The non-violent resistance continues in Ni’lin, as the demonstrations are consistently taking place against the apartheid wall. On Friday, October 3rd, around 200 people participated in the weekly prayer demonstration that followed the Friday prayer in the fields of the village. After the prayer took place at noon; village residents, members of the village popular committee, ISM activists, members of IWPS, and Israeli activists began to slowly approach the road where Israel’s Apartheid Wall is being…
