Sunday, October 8 2006 Lift the Siege on the Grapes – al-Khadr On Sunday October 8, 2006 Ta’ayush set out for an action protesting against the checkpoint policy and the bisection of the occupied territories into small territorial units, a policy which severely limits Palestinians’ freedom of movement. Among other hardships, this policy prevents Palestinians from bringing their crops to market, an especially devastating reality for the grape crop, the main product of the Bethlehem and Hebron regions. The closing of sales opportunities to the West Bank, Jordan and the Gaza Strip, along with the prohibition on importing agricultural products into the […]
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