Tag: Olive Trees

  • 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 an attempted land-grab. The Palestinian villagers were accompanied by many international volunteers – around thirty…

  • 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 trees were planted as part of the ongoing popular resistance to the Israeli apartheid wall…

  • 250 olive trees planted by volunteers near Osh Grab

    International Middle East Media Center 12 February 2010 Following the beginning of construction of a new watchtower at the site of the former military base, this week, residents of Beit Sahour and international volunteers gathered at the surrounding farmlands, on Friday, to cultivate the land, planting 250 olive trees. The former military base at Osh…