
Olive harvest in Palestine - photos and video
31 October 2014
The olive is Palestine’s staple crop, but harvesting it has become fraught with danger. Read more about Olive harvest in Palestine - photos and video
31 October 2014
The olive is Palestine’s staple crop, but harvesting it has become fraught with danger. Read more about Olive harvest in Palestine - photos and video
Gaza City 13 November 2013
Workshops encourage Palestinian farmers to boycott Israeli goods and build a social movement. Read more about Gaza farmers succeed in tending to olive harvest -- with international support
5 November 2012
A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine. Read more about Month in Pictures: October 2012
2 November 2012
Linda Moreno, defense attorney for Ghassan Elashi of the Holy Land Foundation, who was convicted for giving charity to Palestinian women and children, talks about the US Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case. Read more about Podcast: Case against the Holy Land Five "a co-production with the government of Israel"
Salem 30 October 2012
Farmers in the West Bank village of Salem have only been allowed access their olive groves for four days this year. Read more about UN finds "crisis of dignity" as settlers destroy Palestine's olive trees
16 January 2012
Zionism’s cultural appropriation of indigenous Palestinian folklore and cuisine – such as hummus, falafel and maftoul – as “Israeli” has long irked Palestinians. Now, Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are attempting to steal perhaps the most important symbol and source of economic sustenance for rural Palestinians: olive oil and olive culture. Read more about Hummus and falafel are already "Israeli." Now they're coming for Palestine's olive oil too
Gaza Strip 31 October 2011
Qusay al-Astal, the owner of an olive oil extraction plant in Gaza, has been in the business for seven years but even in that short period he has seen dramatic changes. Read more about Gaza olive trade recovers slowly from siege, attacks
Nablus 24 October 2011
Palestinian olive farmers face violence from both the settlers and the Israeli military during the harvest season. Read more about Harvesting olives as a statement of resistance