Tag: Nablus

  • Negotiating Daily Life: Land Access and Checkpoint Encounters

    by Steph, November 6th During this last week while I’ve been picking olives in the Nablus area with Palestinian families and occasionally encountering/confronting soldiers, I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of negotiation in daily life here in Palestine, and also about the role of internationals in that. I often find myself in situations…

  • “The only way to live” — fear and fury in Urif and Asira

    by ISM Nablus Urif, 9th November There is chaos in the air. A couple of the young boys have climbed up to one of the upper ridges of the hillside and are scorching the earth with a small blowtorch — an ancient agricultural technique designed to improve the quality of the soil. “Come down immediately!…

  • Scottish Rabbis volunteer threatened with deportation during olive harvest

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Theresa McDermont, a volunteer from Scotland who came to pick olives with Palestinian farmers and Israeli rabbis today sits in an Israeli detention cell, awaiting deportation. She is not being charged with any crime. Theresa, a post office worker, has been detained since the 31st of October. She will have a court…