Tag: Nablus
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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…
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Olive harvest next to the illegal settlements in Bruqin
23rd October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah-team | Bruqin, occupied Palestine On October 21st, an ISM-team joined farmers in the village of Bruqin, Salfit district, for the olive harvest. The family’s fields are occupied by an illegal Israeli settlement and they are denied access to their land by the Israeli military except during the…
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Call to action: Olive Harvest 2016
9th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, occupied Palestine At a time of increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2016 olive-harvest on the invitation of Palestinian communities. The olive tree, a national symbol for Palestinians, is an…