Hares Man Beaten and Tortured
International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) Deir Istiya, Salfit Telephone: 09 251 46 44 Website: http://iwps.info Human Rights Report No.481 Human Rights Summary: A 33 year old man kidnapped by IOF while picking olives on his land Date of incidents: October 16, 2015 Place: Hares, Salfit, oPt Witnesses: His…
A Struggle to Harvest
Abu Said´s struggle to harvest on his land ´I will kill you all´, said the illegal Revava settler hurling abuses in Hebrew and in English at Abu Saed and a group of IWPS volunteers accompanying him, as he surged from…
Olive Trees Uprooted for Settler Highway
IWPS reporting from Deir Istiya, Salfit, West Bank, occupied Palestinian territories A lane is being added to the settler road dividing Deir Istiya land October 8, 2015 by IWPS Team (This article was first published on 26 September on…
Villages Of Palestine’s Heartland
Update on Bruqin and Kafr ad Dik Two villages in Salfit governorate, Bruqin and Kafr ad Dik, have been suffering from a severe shortage of water. Raw sewage and toxic chemicals are being dumped, by illegal Israeli settlements on the…
Land Day Commemoration in Salfit; 100 Olive Trees Planted
Joining the crowd of farmers and their families were several mayors from surrounding villages, including Amel Kukush Abu-Hiljeh, the mayor of Deir Istiya and Mayor Deek of Salfit along with representatives of the Palestinian Authority.
Deaf Valley Farmers Call For International Accompaniment During the Olive Harvest
Palestinians who own land in Deaf Valley are nearly surrounded by illegal settlements and settler roads and are under constant alert to the possibility of harassment or attacks by illegal settlers.
Farmer Starting His Olive Harvest Season With an Order For Demolition From the Occupation Army
An old Ottoman law is being used by the Israeli occupiers to steal even more Palestine land.
Volunteers’ Experiences: The Olive Harvest
“The olive harvest began, almost like clockwork, 2 weekends ago,” writes an IWPSer. “I arrived back from my days off in Bil’in to an empty house as everyone had miraculously disappeared into the olive groves…”
Villages IWPS Accompanied in 2012 Olive Harvest
In the 2012 olive harvest season, IWPS accompanied land owners in 15 villages. See the full list, together with their neighbouring illegal Israeli settlements, here.
Olive Harvest: Issues and Challenges
Denial of access, principal stand to refuse to ask the occupiers for permission to access one’s land, transportation… IWPS Team reflects on the main challenges regarding our work with Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest season.
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