Israeli soldiers torch dozens of olive trees in W. Bank village

[ 13/08/2011 - 04:16 PM ] QALQILIYA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) set fire to dozens of fruitful olive trees, some of them perennials, in Kafr Kadum village, Qalqiliya city. Eyewitnesses reported that the trees were burnt down after…


IOF detonation of explosives starts fire in Palestinian groves

[ 17/07/2011 - 03:27 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detonated a number of explosive devices near the city of Nablus on Sunday which started fire in tens of dunums of Palestinian cultivated land lots. Local sources said that t…


#Airflotilla | I flew in to help Palestinians plant olive trees. The Israelis took me to a prison in the desert

by annie on July 13, 2011 at Mondoweiss Elke Zwinge-Makamizile is a member of the German Peace Council as well as The International League for Human Rights. She took part in the “Fly in” protest action to Palestine. She is being interviewed…


Union: Settlers burn olive trees near Nablus

Published today (updated) 05/07/2011 01:52 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The union of agricultural work committees in the village of Aqraba in Nablus said Monday that residents of the illegal Itamar settlement burned 300 olive trees. A similar incident wa…


Israeli forces confiscate Palestinian olive orchards near Ramallah

  Thursday June 30, 2011 08:27 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Hundreds of acres of olive orchards in Al Mazra’a al Gharbiya village were taken over by Israeli troops on Tuesday, who claimed that the area was a ‘closed military zone…


Mayor: Israel uproots olive trees in northern West Bank

Published today 20:10 SALFIT (Ma’an) — Israeli forces uprooted dozens of olive trees on Tuesday in Deir Istiya in the northern West Bank, local officials told Ma’an. Village mayor Nazmi Sulaiman said some of the trees uprooted had bee…


IOF soldiers destroy tens of Palestinian olive trees

[ 28/06/2011 - 11:10 AM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed tens of Palestinian olive trees in Deir Estiya village west of Salfit city on Tuesday. Nazmi Salman, the village’s mayor, said that the bulldozing took place wes…