Tag: Olive Harvest 2014

  • Zionist settlers burn Palestinian olive grove

    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…

  • Palestinian man successfully harvests olives for the first time in 14 years

    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…

  • Stories from Burin during the olive harvest

    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,…