Tag: Olive Harvest 2014
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Zionist settlers burn Palestinian olive grove
22nd October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Huwwara, Occupied Palestine This morning at approximately 09:30, settlers from the illegal settlement of Yizhar set fire to a Palestinian olive field above Huwwara village, just outside of Nablus. The settlers set the land on fire from the top of the hill. People from the village…
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Palestinian man successfully harvests olives for the first time in 14 years
20th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Tel Rumeida, Occupied Palestine Today in al-Khalil (Hebron) Hashem Azzeh, a Palestinian man living in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood was able to successfully harvest his olives, on a certain part of his land, for the first time in 14 years. Hashem and his family live in…
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Stories from Burin during the olive harvest
15th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, Occupied Palestine On Monday, three Palestinians were picking olives in Burin. Their field was in a very exposed area, right between an illegal settlement, a military checkpoint, and a security detention centre. A group of ISM volunteers accompanied them as protective presence. These are some of their stories: Ali,…
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Palestinian family attacked by settlers while harvesting olives
10th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Burin, Occupied Palestine Tuesday afternoon, the 7th of October, olive farmer Mahmoud Rga Mahoud Aid, his wife, and thei three children were attacked by a a group of settlers from the illegal settlement of Giv’at Ya’akov. The attack took place on the family´s land near the village of Burin, south…
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Action alert: Join ISM
16th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is placing a call out for volunteers to join us in the West Bank now, and for the olive harvest beginning in October. We need solidarity activists to support the Palestinian popular struggle by joining protests and demonstrations, to document and report on the crimes…
