Tag Archives: Olive Trees

August 20 | International Solidarity Movement | Beit Ummar, Occupied Palestine     Beit Ummar is an agricultural town and farming community just north of Hebron, with a populace of about 17,000. Al Shoroq, a Palestinian led group comprised of ...

July 30 2019 | International Solidarity Movement | Bit Arawa, occupied Palestine   This is the first of a series of reports documenting the control and devastation of water sources by Israel as a tool of oppression.   On Thursday ...

17th February 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine   At the end of January the occupation barred international ‘observer’ groups from Al-Khalil (Hebron), who were stationed throughout the city for more than 20 years, following ...

In early January, ISM activists visited the villages of Um al-Khair and At-Tuwani in the South Hebron hills in order to participate in renovation work on ancient caves and to bear witness to recent settler violence in both villages. The ...

October 7, 2018 | International Solidarity Movement | As-Sawiya, Occupied Palestine     A group of Israeli soldiers, one Israeli policeman, and one Israeli settler harassed a group of Palestinian and international olive pickers in As-Sawiya village yesterday, demanding identification ...

International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, occupied Palestine Tthe International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to join us for the 2018 Olive Harvest Campaign at the invitation of Palestinian communities. The olive tree is a national symbol for ...

17/03/2018| International Solidarity Movement Palestinians and International activists successfully planted dozens of olive saplings in the north of West Bank in the village of Burin near Nablus. Palestinians and Internationals together laid pictures of prominent activists in front of the ...

18th July 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Burin, occupied Nablus At the beginning of July the local committee of Burin invited to the town`s 8th Kite Festival of the City. The festival is kind of a tradition ...

10th July 2017 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, occupied Palestine At a time of regular settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to join us for the 2017 Olive ...

6th May 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Deir Istiya, occupied Palestine Yesterday, 5th May, for the second week in a row , a group of Palestinians gathered in the olive groves, just outside Deir Istiya, district of ...