Tag: Apartheid Wall
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Olive harvest and Colonialism in expansion in Kafr ad Dik
12th November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Kafr Qalil, occupied Palestine For the past six days, international activists joined a Palestinian farmer, Fares Deek, in the harvest of his olives outside Kafr ad Dik village, located inside Salfit governate. For the past 16 years, the area has been a target of expanding…
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Olive harvest in Kafr Qalil and protective presence
2nd November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara team | Kafr Qalil, occupied Palestine On 31st October international activists joined a Palestinian farmer and his family in Kafr Qalil to pick their olives. There was no interruption during the harvest this day, but there was a strong sense of pressure that is always present for…
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Olive harvest next to the illegal settlements in Bruqin
23rd October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah-team | Bruqin, occupied Palestine On October 21st, an ISM-team joined farmers in the village of Bruqin, Salfit district, for the olive harvest. The family’s fields are occupied by an illegal Israeli settlement and they are denied access to their land by the Israeli military except during the…
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World Week of Peace 2016
24th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bethlehem, occupied Palestine Fire. That seemed to be the theme yesterday as we celebrated World Week for Peace in Bethlehem. Fire, when tear gas canisters erupted into flames in the Aida refugee camp, showing the continued violence. Fire, as we lit candles in the shape…
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Israeli soldiers invade Bil’in in attempt to break the people’s spirit
22nd September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah-team | Bil’in, occupied Palestine Approximately fourty soldiers invaded the central West Bank town of Bil’in early morning of September 22nd. The army confiscated at least three laptops, one hard-drive, five phones, and two camera memory cards from the homes of six local activists. Bil’in community members feel this…
