Tag: Olive Harvest 2008
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ISM Gaza reports from the Olive Harvest Campaign 2008 in the ‘buffer zone’
This is a compilation of reports of Olive Harvest in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, 11th, 13th, 16th & 30th October. Video by Fida Qishta. ISM Gaza Strip volunteers living in the Gaza Strip have been assisting farmers living in the Buffer Zone areas of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with their olive harvest during…
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Palestinian farmers and international activists pushed off land in Kufr Qeddum attempting to harvest olives
Israeli military forces evicted Palestinian farmers and over 100 international activists from olive groves near the illegal Israeli settlement of Qedumim on 24th October. Farmers and accompanying activists attempted to enter the lands of Kufr Qeddum farmer, Faruq Abdl Karim Barhum, early on Friday morning, to harvest olives, but were denied entry to the lands…
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Village of Azmut attacked by settlers for second consecutive day
Village of Azmut, near Nablus Palestinians picking olives on their land in Azmut were attacked by Israeli settlers two days in a row. On Saturday, October 18, according to villagers a group of approximately eight settlers from the illegal Elon Moreh settlement attacked an elderly man in his field with sticks and stones, injuring him…
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Settlers smash Palestinian family’s car while soldiers refuse to intervene during olive harvest in Azmut
At approximately 10:40 on Thursday morning a Palestinian family from Azmut, in the northeast of Nablus, was harvesting their land near the illegal Elon Moreh settlement when a group of five settlers terrorized the family. The settlers, wielding bats and knives, proceeded to attack the family car, smashing all windows and slashing all tyres, before…
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Israeli forces attack Ni’lin olive harvest
On Friday morning 10th October, residents of Ni’lin village went out to harvest olives on their land, supported by about 100 Israelis and international activists, and also accompanied by media crews. Video by Israel Putermam Photos courtesy of Activestills The proposed route of the wall cuts deeply into this land, and will cut villagers off…