December 31 | International Solidarity Movement | Olive Harvest journal The olive harvest in Palestine (October – November) represents much more than simply picking olives. While it is an important contributor for the income of thousands of families in ...
Read More »‘Our kites fly over the invisible borders and reach what we cannot’: ISM speaks to Yasmeen Najjar at the annual kite festival in Burin
29th June 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Burin, occupied Nablus Burin is a small village located seven kilometres to the southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and is home to around 3000 people. The village ...
Read More »Palestinian and International activists plant olive saplings on village land ordered for confiscation by Israel in Burin
17/03/2018| International Solidarity Movement Palestinians and International activists successfully planted dozens of olive saplings in the north of West Bank in the village of Burin near Nablus. Palestinians and Internationals together laid pictures of prominent activists in front of the ...
Read More »Settlers of Yitzhar set fire to olive fields and attack farmers the next day
15th November 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Huwarra, Occupied Palestine Israeli settlers of Yitzhar, set fires in two places in Palestinian olive fields around their illegal outposts, and attacked a group of farmers a day later, under ...
Read More »Palestinians banned from land as Route 60 expands
17th november 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Burin, occupied Palestine On monday morning, Mahmoud Yasser Eid, a 22 year-old palestinian from the village of Burin, was stopped by the Israeli forces as he went to pick olives ...
Read More »Settlers terrorize Palestinian farmers in Burin: burn trees and disrupt olive harvest
14th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, occupied Palestine A Palestinian farmer and English human rights defender have been hospitalized and at least 40 olive trees burnt following an attack by illegal Israeli settlers in the ...
Read More »Ongoing harassment and restrictions on farmers around Nablus
12th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Burin, Salim, and Awarta, Occupied Palestine Early spring marks an important time of the year for farmers around Nablus, where critical work must be done to ensure a quality olive harvest in October. In ...
Read More »19-year-old shot and killed by Israeli forces in Burin
3rd February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Burin, Occupied Palestine On the evening of January 31, 2015, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Ahmad Ibrahim Najar, a 19-year-old Palestinian from the village of Burin (Nablus region). In ...
Read More »More Palestinian teenagers shot by the Israeli military
12th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, Occupied Palestine On Saturday, January 10th, Palestinian youths went out to play in the snow on Al-Sabeh Mountain in east Burin. A group of Israeli settlers approached the village as ...
Read More »Stories from Burin during the olive harvest
15th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, Occupied Palestine On Monday, three Palestinians were picking olives in Burin. Their field was in a very exposed area, right between an illegal settlement, a military checkpoint, and a security detention centre. A ...
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