6 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank While villagers were celebrating a wedding in the small village of Burin, Israeli arsonists from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar seized the opportunity to set ablaze olive groves, destroying over 200 olive trees. ...
Read More »We will not be uprooted–tree planting in Fasayel
26 June 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity Today local and international activists joined families affected by last week’s demolitions in the Palestinian community of Fasayel in the occupied Jordan Valley as they planted 300 olive trees on their land. At ...
Read More »Olive trees destroyed outside Bethlehem
31 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement This morning Maher Abu Sab’a’ discovered that 248 out of the 250 olive tree saplings that had recently been planted on his land had been destroyed over-night. The saplings which had been planted ...
Read More »Green Palestine marks Nakba day
19 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement With the creation of Israel in 1948, four hundred and eighteen Palestinian villages were wiped out and destroyed, displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people from homes they had lived in for generations. ...
Read More »Army fires on Iraq Burin during olive tree planting
10 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Bullets and tear gas were fired upon Palestinians and internationals whilst they planted olive trees on the land legally owned by the village of Iraq Burin yesterday. The popular committee asked for a ...
Read More »Settlers set Saffa ablaze, 3 Palestinian youth arrested
17 November 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Project Last night settlers from the Bat Ayn settlement set fire to 70 olive trees in the Saffa region of Beit Ommar. The trees belonged to the Thalji Aady family, who have been subject ...
Read More »Join the 2011 Olive Harvest Campaign
11 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement 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 2011 Olive Harvest Campaign at the invitation ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Aqraba plants olive trees to ward off settlers
1 August 2010 | ISM Media Residents of the village of Aqraba, near Nablus, planted forty young olive trees on their land on Thursday (29 July 2010) to send a message to settlers who have been plowing the area in ...
Read More »Bil’in village plants 200 trees next to apartheid wall: existence as resistance!
Bil’in Popular Committee 22 February 2010 At 9:30am residents of Bil’in village, Palestinian political representatives, and International activists gathered in Bil’in to plant olive trees and almond seeds for 20 farmers who own land besides Israel’s Apartheid Wall. Approximately 200 ...
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