Tag: Nablus
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Olive harvest in Kafr Qalil and protective presence
2nd November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Kafr Qalil, occupied Palestine On 31st October international activists joined a Palestinian farmer and his family in Kafr Qalil to pick their olives. There was no interruption during the harvest this day, but there was a strong sense of pressure that is always present for…
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Settlers attack boy’s school, Israeli army traps students
26th October 2016 | ISM & IWPS | Urif, occupied Palestine Last Tuesday both the IWPS team and ISM team were harvesting olives in separate areas when we received a phone call telling us that there had been trouble with settlers from the illegal settlement Yitzhar and Israeli occupation forces near the high school for…
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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…
