Olive Harvest: Interview With A Palestinian Farmer

Farmers often rely on the presence of International and Israeli activists to help protect them from attack but this season has seen the army deploy new methods to crackdown on shows of solidarity. Sources in Nablus say that the authorities have started a campaign targeting families housing international activists. Ghassan Douglas, responsible for monitoring settlement activity in the northern West Bank, reports the army has issued orders to several villages warning them that housing international activists ’is illegal and results in arrests”. It’s also been reported on Palestinian radio that 6000 NIS fines have been issued to farmers that invite internationals to accompany them during the olive harvest.

In this video interview we talk to one olive farmer about some of the problems they are facing.