Tag: Nablus

  • Haaretz: Israeli army “aims to keep out ‘escorts’ of Palestinian farmers during harvest”

    Ha’aretz, October 9th. by Amira Hass The Israel Defense Forces [sic] are demanding that Palestinian farmers not allow Israeli and foreign sympathizers to escort them during the olive harvest to places where military protection is needed against abusive settlers, Palestinian sources in the Nablus region told Haaretz. An Israeli security source confirmed the report, saying…

  • Stones and fire in Kufr Qallil – yet the olive harvest continues

    by ISM Nablus, report filed October 5th Omar Suleiman from Kufr Qallil walked through his 10 dunums of olive trees on Saturday the 30th of September, occasionally grabbing hold of a tree trunk and nimbly climbing up to inspect the higher clusters of fruit. He shook his head and gestured toward the empty branches here…

  • Plan for the Olive Harvest Campaign 2006

    On the 5th of October a special meeting made up of regional ISM coordinators took place to present their plans for the olive harvest and to make everyone aware of each other’s activities so that better coordination between the regions can take place. Below is a summary of each region’s activities to give an idea…

  • Settlers steal fruit in Kufr Qallil during olive harvest

    by ISM Nablus, October 1st While harvesting with the Palestinians of Kufr Qallil, colonial settlers from Berakhya settlement were observed entering a Palestinian fruit grove and stealing fruit. The area in question is located south-east of Nablus city center, and surrounded by At Tur and Huwarra checkpoints, a settler-only road, and a military observation tower.…

  • Just Another Day at Huwarra Checkpoint: Journalist Beaten, 10 Men Detained

    by ISM Nablus, October 1st Huwarra checkpoint, just South of Nablus, is notorious for its volatile atmosphere and violent soldiers. Today was an example in point. Hundreds of women and men were forced into a large holding pen, with small children being crushed against the turnstiles separating the soldiers from the Palestinians waiting in line.…