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PHOTOS: Palestinians plant trees to defy Israeli land confiscation
Palestinian farmers and volunteers plant olive trees to protest an Israeli military order to confiscate Palestinian land for one of the most extreme settlements in the West Bank. Photos and text by Ahmad al-Bazz / Activestills.org The Israeli army on Thursday tried to prevent some 50 Palestinian farmers and volunteers from planting olive trees and tilling…
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Activestills
January 26, 2017
PHOTOS: How the state builds a road for West Bank settlers
Israeli authorities continue to uproot Palestinian-owned olive trees in order to build a road for nearby settlers. Photos by Keren Manor / Activestills, text by Yael Marom Israeli authorities uprooted dozens of olive trees in order to build a settler road near the West Bank city of Qalqilya on Monday morning. The Israeli army declared the area…
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Activestills
January 16, 2017
PHOTOS: Israeli authorities uproot olive trees to build settler-only road
The Nabi Elias bypass road, which will serve Israeli settlers, requires the confiscation of 25 acres of Palestinian land. Photos and text by Keren Manor / Activestills.org Civil Administration contractors accompanied by Israeli soldiers uprooted around 250 Palestinian-owned olive trees Sunday near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, as part of a larger plan to build a…
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Activestills
January 8, 2017
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Settler violence and IDF collusion deny Palestinians the fruits of their harvest
Stolen fruit, destroyed trees and harassment by the army and settlers wreak havoc with the yearly olive harvest, an essential source of subsistence for West Bank Palestinians. By Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din “The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up” (Deuteronomy 28:33) “I’ve been…
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December 9, 2016
How to bungle an investigation into settler violence
A Palestinian man identifies the Israeli settlers who cut down his olive trees. Police close the case anyway, claiming they have no idea who the perpetrator is — without ever questioning the suspects. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz I am considering demanding a refund from Israeli Treasury for the portion of my taxes…
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October 25, 2015
WATCH: Jewish extremist tries to stab ‘rabbi for human rights’
Volunteers and activists were accompanying Palestinian olive harvesters in the West Bank to help protect them from settler attacks. A right-wing Jewish extremist threw stones at and attempted to stab president of Rabbis for Human Rights, Arik Asherman, following an olive harvest coordinated with the Israeli army on Friday. Nobody was significantly injured in the…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
October 23, 2015
WATCH: Christian, Muslim Palestinians protest separation wall route
Days after the army uprooted Palestinian-owned olive trees to pave the route of the separation barrier in Beit Jala, Christians and Muslims from the town hold a joint protest to try and put a stop to the plan. By Oren Ziv Hundreds of Muslim and Christian Palestinians protested Sunday morning in the West Bank town…
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Activestills
August 23, 2015
WATCH: Dozens of Palestinian-owned trees uprooted to build separation wall
Dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees uprooted to complete separation wall that will eventually fully encircle the Bethlehem area. Text and photos by Oren Ziv / Activestills.org The Israeli Defense Ministry renewed its efforts to build a section of the separation wall in the Bethlehem area this week, sending bulldozers and Border Policemen to uproot dozens…
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Activestills
August 21, 2015
Knesset candidates plant olive trees with Palestinian farmers
Palestinian activists build new protest camp near Jerusalem to protest displacement of West Bank Bedouin, settlement expansion; the Israeli army dismantles the camp. Over 100 Israeli activists, among them four Knesset candidates in the upcoming elections, joined Palestinian farmers in from the West Bank village of Kfar Yassuf to plant olive saplings to mark the…
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Haggai Matar
February 5, 2015
Dozens of olive trees felled in suspected settler violence
Two incidents in the West Bank leave upwards of 60 olive trees severely damaged, according to human rights organizations. Dozens of Palestinian-owned mature olive trees were felled in a suspected settler attack Saturday night in the West Bank, according to two Israeli human rights organizations. Villagers discovered the vandalized trees on lands belonging to the…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
January 11, 2015
PHOTOS: Palestinians watch harvest season disappear before their eyes
In the village of Salem, as elsewhere in the West Bank, Palestinians are forced to harvest their olives according to the whims and restrictions of Israeli authorities. Photos and text by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org As every year in October, Palestinian families in the West Bank head to their groves in order to begin the olive harvest…
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Activestills
October 18, 2014
West Bank mosque set ablaze in suspected settler attack
The olive harvest is historically a period when settler violence against Palestinians and their trees increase. The name of a local settlement from which two youths were arrested last week is spray painted onto the mosque’s wall. A West Bank mosque was set on fire and vandalized early Tuesday morning in what on the surface…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
October 14, 2014
Photos of the week: Asylum seeker struggle picks up steam
This week: African asylum seekers continue their struggle in Israel, Afghan asylum seekers march in Brussels, Palestinians block traffic and plant trees, activists promote joint struggle while opposing normalization, visitors express solidarity in the Jordan Valley, and officials demolish homes in South Africa.
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Activestills
January 16, 2014
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