Tag: Olive harvest
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Join the 2010 Olive Harvest Campaign
At a time of increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2010 Olive Harvest Campaign at the invitation of Palestinian communities. The olive tree is a national symbol for Palestinians. As thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed, uprooted and…
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Burin celebrates successful olive harvest, despite numerous settler attacks
18 November 2009 On Wednesday 18 November, the village of Burin (south of Nablus) celebrated the successful conclusion of its olive harvest. More than 400 villagers came together to hear speeches by locals and nationally renowned politicians (including member of Knesset Mohammed Baraka, general secretary of Hadash), as well as to see the young men…
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B’Tselem: Settlers harass Palestinians and steal crops during olive harvest in the West Bank
B’Tselem 20 October 2009 The video shows three events that took place during this year’s olive harvest in the West Bank . In the first incident, documented on 15 October by a volunteer in B’Tselem’s camera distribution project, settlers are seen stealing olives from a grove belonging to a resident of al-Mughair village in Ramallah…
