Tag: Nablus
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The Times: “Rabbi leads defence of Palestinian olive groves”
The Times of London, October 9th. by Ian Mackinnon Editorial note: A reporter from The Times of London joined Palestinian farmers accompanied by ISM, IWPS and Rabbis for Human Rights volunteers for picking as recorded in this report on our site. His report, focusing on the Rabbis, was published in the Times and on their…
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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…
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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…