Tag Archives: Farmers

7th May 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwarra Team | Salem, Occupied Palestine Update 14th May: The wheat is not ready for harvest yet. The call for people to help the shepherds and farmers on their land is postponed until next ...

3rd May 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine The Jabari family owns land sandwiched in between the illegal settlements of Kiryat Arba and Givat Ha’vot. In 2001, settlers illegally took over part of the land ...

27th April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement,  Team Al Khalil | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine Located in the tip of the West Bank, the South Hebron Hills are dotted with farming and shepherd communities. We are currently in the ...

25th April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara Team | Aqraba, Occupied Palestine On 25th April 2015 ISM volunteers met with the mayor of Aqraba, Ayman Bani Fadl, who has asked internationals to document the intrusive Israeli occupation forces’ actions over the ...

3rd April, 2015 | Miguel Hernández | Khuza’a, Gaza, Occupied Palestine As soon as we arrived at the land where the farmers wanted to work, about 80 meters from the zionist fence which borders and cuts of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli occupation military jeep ...

31st March | Miguel Hernández | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Zionist colonisers destroy the tools for self-sufficiency of Palestinians in Gaza Months after the last massive Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, thanks to the social and independent media, everyone has read news and seen pictures of ...

31st March | Rina Andolini | Khuza’a, Occupied Palestine This is what conversations in Gaza consist of: I asked, “When they are shooting, what’s the best thing to do?” “Get down on the ground,” he answered, “and move away quick as you can.” It ...

18th March 2015 | Valeria Cortés | Khuza’a, Gaza, Occupied Palestine Tilling the land in Gaza is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The Zionist Occupation Forces fire on the peasants and their families while they sow or harvest ...

5th March 2015 | Operation Dove | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine On the morning of February 28, Israeli police arrested two Palestinian shepherds as they grazed their flock in the valley of Umm Zeitouna near the Israeli settlement of Ma’on. In late ...

9th November | Rina Andolini | Khuza’a, Occupied Palestine The farmers are rarely talked about. They blend into the background of the lands beyond the destroyed buildings of the towns. The reality is though, they are facing a battle themselves. Many farmers ...