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Protective Presence at Burin olive harvest
24th October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus-team | Burin, occupied Palestine Today, international activists joined members of the Najjar family from the village of Burin to harvest their olives and provide a protective presence should settler colonists or Israeli forces attempt to attack and disrupt the harvesting. Thankfully, there were no violent incidents todayand the international activists enjoyed a beautiful day harvesting olives with the wonderful and hospitable Najjar family. The Najjar family’s land is adjacent…
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Settler attacks school-children and orders soldier to assist her
24th October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Monday morning, infamous Israeli settler Anat Cohen attacked a group of school-children harvesting olives near their school in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). She then ordered the soldier to not only evict the students and teachers from the area, but assist in her attack. A group of scout students was helping Palestinian families, picking olives for them next to the Qurtuba school on Shuhada…
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Occupation through the eyes of a child: the way to school
24th October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Imagine being an eight-year old boy, walking to school, and as you come close, close to the roadblock you have to pass every day, army jeeps are everywhere, blocking the roadblock and the gate. You have to squeeze past the jeeps on one side, or squeeze between the two, just to pass the roadblock, just one of the obstacles installed by Israeli forces,…
