Tag: Olive Trees
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‘Price tag’ attack in South Hebron Hills
10th May 2013 | Operation Dove, South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine On May the 10th at about 6 a.m. some Palestinians from At-Tuwani and two Operation Dove volunteers found out that 62 olive trees had been cut during the night in a field next to the Bypass road 317. On a small wall nearby the…
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Settlers use rocks and sharp tools to attack 50 and 65 year-old farmers in Beit Furik
7th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Beit Furik, Occupied Palestine by ISM Nablus Two olive farmers from the village of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, are recovering from head wounds in a near-lethal attack by colonial-settlers. Although both survived, they are in need of daily check-ups at a clinic in Nablus and are afraid…
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“My land is like my identity…I will always replant my trees” – farmer resists as 500 olive trees uprooted in Beit Dajan
24th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Beit Dajan, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus On the 22nd April 2013, 500 trees belonging to Beit Dajan villager Jamal Kanaan were uprooted by the Israeli military; making a total of six times since 2002 that his olive trees have been destroyed by the Israeli authorities. Around 50…
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Israeli soldiers and Border Police destroy 200 young olive trees in Palestinian village of Susya
23th April 2013 | Christian Peacemaker Team, South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine Israeli soldiers and border police today used a backhoe to uproot 200 young olive trees in the Palestinian village of Susya in the South Hebron Hills. The demolition of the olive grove began at 8:00 am and finished at 10:45 am. The trees…
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Tree planting met by tear gas and settlers’ death threats
27th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Qaryut, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus In commemoration of Land Day, five hundred villagers planted trees on land banned from cultivation for 17 years in the Palestinian village of Qaryut. The action was met by tear gas by Israeli soldiers and threats from Israeli settlers. On 27 March, this…