Probably the oldest olive tree of the world is in Al Walaja village of Bethlehem district. Two diferent groups of Japanese and European experts dated Al Badawi (The Big One), as the Palestinians calls it, between 4,000 and 5,000 years old, making it the oldest olive tree in the world. Al Badawi currently is in […]
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Crossing daily a check-point to attend school
Hebron district is located some 30 kilometers south to Jerusalem. The City of Hebron, the capital of the district is one of the biggest in the West Bank, as it has some 170,000 Palestinian inhabitants and some 400 settlers guarded by between 2,500 to 3,000 soldiers. Hebron is fampuse, among other, for the quality of […]
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Farming in Hebron surrounded by soldiers
Hebron, or Al-Khalil in Arabic, is the only city in the West Bank were settlers are in the center of the city, which has made of this place one with more tension in the area. Due to this the Old City of Hebron was divide in the H1 and H2 zone. The H1 zone is […]
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Olive Harvesting in Jenin: A Photo Story
This year the season for the olive harvesting in Palestine began in the mid of October. Jenin, in the north of Palestine, was one of the frist districts where they began harvesting the olives. The kick-off of the olive harvesting in Jenin was done by a large group of Palestinian students and a group of […]
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The Global Intifada
Palestine is an international symbol of struggle against occupation, racism, and colonialism. On October 15, 2011 the world gathers in what some have called a global intifada, to stand up against imperialism. The first time an international activist came up to me and sincerely thanked me for a speech in which I had promised that […]
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Weekly Protests in the West Bank Support 18th Day of Prisoner Hunger Strike
Occupation forces faced the weekly protests against the apartheid wall and settlement with tear gas bombs and sound bombs which caused many suffocation cases among the protesters. This week, all the weekly demonstrations were in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in their open hunger strike, now in its 18th day. The protesters held signs, called to […]
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Weekly Village Protest in Support of Prisoner’s Hunger Strike
The weekly protest in Ni’lin marched after finishing Friday praying on the villagers’ lands near the Apartheid Wall, which was in solidarity with the prisoner’s hunger strike. Their message was for people to stand with Palestinian prisoners. When the protesters marched closer to the Apartheid Wall, occupation soldiers started shooting tear gas bombs, which caused […]
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Weekly Protest in Bilin Supports Palestinian Prisoners
Dozens were suffocated during the weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall and settlements in Bilin village. The weekly protest was under the title of solidarity with the Palestinian prisoner’s hunger strike and the olive harvest, which face a lot of difficulties this year since more than 9,000 olive trees have been cut by the occupation […]
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Update on Palestinian hunger strike and call for action by prisoners
Ramallah 11 October: The campaign of civil disobedience launched by Palestinian prisoners on 27 September is now entering its third week. Hundreds of prisoners have joined the campaign by going on either open-ended or 3 day hunger strike. On 10 and 11 October, the entire prisoner population in the prisons of Gilboa (336) Nafha (511), […]
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Trees, Land, People Destroyed in Increased Violence by Occupation Forces and Settlers
Occupation forces accompanied with bulldozers attacked Beit Ulla village in the Hebron district and cut more than 300 olive and almond trees, destroyed the land, and confiscated it, one member of Stop the Wall campaign member said. This attack came under the series of vicious attacks by the occupation forces and settlers, now occurring daily […]