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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 ...
Read More »Settlers cut olive trees south of Nablus
12 November 2009 A group of 25 settlers from Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus, cut down 97 olive trees in the village of Burin this morning. The attack comes on the heels of a similar attack made 5 weeks ago, ...
Read More »Villagers from Burin plant 50 olive trees to replace those destroyed by settlers
29 October 2009 On Thursday, 29 October, a group of international activists accompanied Palestinian farmers and villagers from Burin to the planting of approximately 50 olive trees as a part of the ‘10,000 Trees for Nablus’ campaign to replace some ...
Read More »Iraq Burin: Local farmers and international volunteers plant 45 olive trees on land reclaimed from a nearby settlement
18 October 2009 On Sunday, 18 October, about 30 internationals from several different solidarity groups accompanied inhabitants of the village Iraq Burin south of Nablus to plant olive trees. 45 plants were donated by the Palestinans Authority and the action ...
Read More »Tree-planting action to re-claim Iraq Burin’s land, Sunday 18 October
17 October 2009 For immediate release: Iraq Burin has achieved the first success of its kind, in which the District Co-ordination Office has entered in to an agreement with the village to return 30 dunums of contested farmland to its ...
Read More »Residents of Burin protest the destruction of an olive grove by settlers
4 October 2009 The village of Burin came under attack from the nearby illegal settlement of Bracha on Monday the 28th of September. At 5am 25 settlers invaded the farmland of Abid Moussar, taking to his olive trees with chainsaws. ...
Read More »Farmers in Palestine create amazing produce in adverse conditions – and are fighting to export them
Joanna Blythman | The Guardian 13 September 2009 I’m standing in what remains of Taysir Sadia Yaseen’s olive grove, looking up at a 12ft-high wire fence. It arrived in 2000 when the Israeli army, without any notice, bulldozed a trench ...
Read More »Israeli authorities confiscate land from Deir Sharaf to build new checkpoint
Israeli authorities have recently removed Beit Iba checkpoint, north of the city of Nablus, only to build a new checkpoint 2km away on the same road. This new checkpoint is located west of the village of Deir Sharaf, closer to ...
Read More »Five arrested as Israeli forces cut down olive trees in Rastira
UPDATE: All activists have now been released Palestinian farmer has heart attack while Israeli forces cut down his olive trees. Three international and two Israeli activists arrested from demonstration. 8th March 2009, Rastira, Qalqilya region: A Palestinian farmer has had ...
Read More »Homes Rebuilt by Peace Activist Demolished Today
This morning Israeli Forces accompanied bulldozers to the Home of the Abu Kabatya Family near Um Nazel which was rebuilt with donations collected by peace activists. They demolished the families’ home and then proceeded to the land of farmer Ali ...
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