In early October, Occupation forces used bulldozers and concrete barriers to block off roads to farmland near the city of Qalqilya. These blockades prevented farmers from reaching their agricultural land during the most important time of the year, the olive harvest. One of the roads that was closed was the road that led from the […]
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Olive Harvest 2008 – First Report
Introduction: As has been the tradition for generations, the month of October signalled the beginning of the olive harvest for hundreds of Palestinian villages across the West Bank. Each year, the harvest becomes a bigger challenge for the farmers who face a tightening siege from the Wall, expanding settlements, settler attacks and permit restrictions, all […]
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Invitation: Press Conference to Launch the Olive Harvest 2008
The Olive Harvest Campaign starts on October 15 and ends on November 15. Over 106 villages all over the West Bank have been categorizes as endangered areas this year. The settler attacks add to the Wall that isolates often up to 80% of the village lands and strengthen the apartheid infrastructure in the West Bank. […]
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Ni’lin: An Olive Harvest with Tears and Blood
On Friday 10th of October, residents of Nilin started harvesting their olives trees that are located on confiscated lands and had to face the usual violence of the Occupation. In the early hours of the morning, international activists arrived to the center of the village to help families pick their olives. However, many of them […]
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Occupation issues new building master plan to Brukin village
The Occupation has issued a new master plan to the village Bruqin, allowing residents to build on a small portion of Area C land. This move does little to reverse the devastation brought on by more than 20 years of settlement activity on village land and, like the rerouting of the Wall in Jayyous, is […]
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BDS Newsletter #07 – September 2008
BDS NEWSLETTER Edition: 07 – September, 2008 CORPORATE NEWS Feature: Month of BDS actions in the UK The British-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) used the month of September as their Boycott Israeli Goods (BIG) Month of Action, as PSC supporters from over twenty towns created eye-catching and impact-achieving demonstrations. In order to support the demonstrations, […]
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Occupation confiscates 180 dunums for trash dump on Dir Shar and Qusin lands
The Occupation has confiscated 180 dunums of agricultural land from the villages of Deir Sharaf and Qusin, located northwest of Nablus, for use as a trash dump. This comes as the official sanctioning of a practice that has been ongoing since 2002 and has caused extensive damage to the agriculture and health of the villagers. […]
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Leviev boycott moves forward with action in the UK and NYC
Palestine solidarity organization Adalah-NY was recently involved in two actions against Lev Leviev, the Israeli diamond magnate and construction mogul. The first action called on the British government to reverse its plan to rent its new embassy in Tel Aviv from Levievâs company, Africa-Israel, as dealings with Leviev serve to condone the Occupationâs settlement construction […]
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Month of action as PSC UK re-launches boycott campaign
The British-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) used the month of September as their Boycott Israeli Goods (BIG) Month of Action, as PSC supporters from over twenty towns created eye-catching and impact-achieving demonstrations. In order to support the demonstrations, the PSC also held meetings and film-screenings as a means of spreading their message about the BDS […]
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Continued clashes mark the beginning of the olive harvest
In Niâlin and al-Maâsra the Friday prayers and protests against the Wall have marked the beginning of the olive harvest. Although there are a few days remaining until the official start of the harvest season, farmers have begun picking olives in a number of villages across the West Bank. They have already been met with […]