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Settlers steal olives in As Sawiaya ~ Report by @ISMPalestine

4th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | As Sawiaya, Occupied Palestine The villagers of As Sawiaya had gained permission to pick their olives, for just 3 days in the year the Israel army was allowing them to visit their land. These three days were overshadowed by the harassment and attacks from settlers […]

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PHOTOS | Olive Harvest in Palestine – 2013

Sept 28, 2013– Last Update Oct 28, 2013 This album will be continuously updated throughout the harvest season. Related news of Israeli violence and settler attacks on the Olive harvest and the people will be updated below this album. Photos by Palinfo.com Olive Harvest in Gaza – Sept 28, 2013 Photos by Rabbis for Human […]

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Israel’s land leveling contributes deficit to Gaza olive production ‎for 2013

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 24, 2013   Gaza, ALRAY – Ministry of Agriculture expected 10.000 tons of olives to be produced in the 2013 olive harvest season in Gaza which will begin on 1st of October. Deputy Director General of Guidance Department at the ministry Fathi Abu Shamala said Tuesday that “the total land […]

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Ashrawi calls Dutch firm to disengage from Israeli project in East Jerusalem

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 31, 2013 Gaza, Alray – PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi called on the Dutch engineering firm, Royal HaskoningDHV, to end its involvement in the development of an Israeli project in occupied East Jerusalem. “This project, allegedy a municipal wastewater treatment plant commissioned by Israeli authorities, will be built in […]

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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 Jamal Kanaan stays steadfast in Beit Dajan 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 […]

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After destroying over 2,5 Million trees: Israeli army cuts 600 trees near Hebron

Note occpal: Israel destroyed over 2,5 Million trees Since 1967 only (Report Page 31) while last summer, it was boasting about it’s ‘agricultural development at the Floriade 2012 World Expo (More about that here) Tuesday April 23, 2013 17:23 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Tuesday April 23, 2013, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has […]

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Jewish settlers destroy dozens of olive and fig trees northwest of Ramallah

[ PIC 18/04/2013 – 09:02 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A gang of Jewish settlers on Wednesday evening uprooted and sabotaged dozens of olive and fig trees belonging to Palestinian citizens in northwest of Ramallah city. The popular movement Intifada stated that settlers from Hallamish settlement uprooted and damaged about 150 olive trees and 40 fig […]

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After destroying at least 2,5 Million Trees: Israeli forces uproot 300 olive, almond trees in Hebron

Maan News Agency | Apr 9, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces uprooted over 300 olive and almond trees in a Hebron village on Tuesday, a local official said. Agricultural committee coordinator in Hebron Murad al-Jabarin told Ma’an that Israeli forces destroyed the trees in al-Rahwa village south of Hebron. The village is constantly targeted […]

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Israel chops down olive trees in Shufat

All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline [ PIC 27/02/2013 – 11:46 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) chopped down olive trees in Shufat land threatened with confiscation north of occupied Jerusalem. The IOA-controlled municipality of Jerusalem cut off those trees on Tuesday in preparation […]

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Jewish settlers destroy dozens of olive trees

[ PIC 25/02/2013 – 06:47 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Jewish settlers hacked 45 Palestinian olive trees in Beit Uwa village, west of Al-Khalil, on Sunday night, local sources said. Eyewitnesses said that the settles also damaged scores of grape trees in the same area called Jurat Mishaal, west of Beit Uwa. Farmers in the area […]

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Israel’s soldiers and settlers uproot 150 olive trees

[ PIC 03/12/2012 – 09:13 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Jewish settlers bulldozed vast tracts of Palestinian farmland in Jaba village to the west of Bethlehem on Monday and destroyed 150 olive trees in the process. Khaled Mashala, a farmer, said that the soldiers and the settlers uprooted the olive trees […]

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#PHOTOS | Israel forces uproot trees near Bethlehem

Maan News Agency | Nov 8, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces uprooted trees from village lands in Nahhalin near Bethlehem on Wednesday, witnesses said. Israeli forces told villagers the lands were owned by Israel. They said Palestinians were prohibited from reaching them or planting on them. An inquiry to the Israeli civil affairs unit […]

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#VIDEO | Olive Harvest in the northern West Bank – October 2012

Oct 26, 2012 by OCHAoPt PHOTOGRAPHY (Some) More examples of settler attacks I emphasize, just some examples…. For a full overview see: Category Settler Violence Essential information/resources Israel Arms & Trains Illegal Settlers for Rampage in Occupied Palestine – In Photos Leaked document “Operation Summer Seeds”: Israeli forces train & arm settlers to attack Palestinian […]

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While harvisting olive trees: Three Civilians Attacked and Injured by Settlers then Kidnapped by Israeli Troops

Monday October 22, 2012 18:12 by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News Israeli settlers attacked and injured two Palestinians and one international supporter who were biking up olives in southern West Bank. Israeli settlers in the West Bank – Archive Local sources said that a group of armed Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian farmers […]

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UN report: Israel’s settlers destroy more than 7,500 olive trees since Jan 1, 2012

[ PIC 18/10/2012 – 06:28 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed that the Jewish settlers continued their attacks against the Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the year where they destroyed more than 7500 olive trees. Nearly half (48%) of the […]

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