Olive Oil Buying, Peace Building
Following the uprooting of hundreds of olive trees by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Issawiya, Abed Khalil, a member of the Families Forum’s and a resident of the village, has recruited his Israeli friends in the forum and in general to help his fellow villagers by buying some of there olive oil
.The dire economic situation throughout the West Bank severely impacts the Palestinian population and its quality of life. The barriers and checkpoints between the Palestinian villages and towns exacerbate these difficulties and seriously diminish people's ability to move around, receive health and medical care, study in the university and access employment. The weaker sectors in Palestinian society are the most seriously impacted, among them poverty-stricken farmers whose livelihood has been significantly damaged as the Occupation confiscates their lands and the Jewish settlers systematically uproot their olive trees.
Abed, a Palestinian peace and women's-rights activist, organizes and coordinates deliveries of olive oil produced by needy Palestinian families, at the price of 35 NIS per liter. He can be reached at 0546-723184, or 0599-798319
or by email: abed2003a@hotmail.com ___recommended by Avi Berg
there is a great deal of evidence to show that the health, economic, and social situation of women are less better than men in Palestinian society ., despite the official position of Palestinian constitution who call upon all society and its institution to treated women with dignity and respect.
by the way many research show clearly the complexity of factors which help to determine the position of Palestinian women in participation of general life ,
will i don’t went to forget that its our first chatting so forgive for this prolong presentation .
i m human rights activist and women empowerment trainer in House Of Peace which is a women organization dedicated for raising women position and awareness in all aspect of the society life ,also to activate the women role in building up peace and trust with Israeli side .
lately i had succeed to hold a meeting between israeli and palestinian women in ramallah they talked about number of joined issues also palestinian side gave presentation about suffring of palestinnian peaole due to israeli check points .
we in HOP will organize another meeting in the coming days .
i send u photoes as attachment for the meeting
if u went to know more about me please take a look on my own page in me peace .org
ore call me on 0546723184
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next time... maybe this the place for you... i pray many come help you and you have a blessed time love
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Its two months now since I am back to Jenin.
I will try to join you and Narda beside the other friends at your olives harvesting ~
I've checked Google map and the closest name appeared as Al-Sawaiya, with breathtakingly beautiful images of the village... are we talking about the same place?
regards, narda
It so happens that I shall be in Israel between 13 - 22 October.
I wonder whether it will be okay for me to join you for the first two days?
As I have never done this before I'd love to hear more details.
Also, I have noticed that the new Olive Tree Movement website does not have any harvesting dates for this year... just a thought...
All the best
Narda
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