– collated by Erez Bleicher – 19/1/2023 Two weeks ago Green Olive tour guide Itamar Shapira was detained by Israeli Border Police in an incident that is emblematic of the current political moment and the broader trajectory of state policy in Israel. He was detained while leading a tour group through the Old City of Jerusalem […]
– by Awdah Hathaleen – 15/11/2022 Last week on November, 23rd occupation forces demolished a primary school in the village of Isfey in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank. Members of Green Olive have close relationships in the region, including with the author of this article about the ways occupation impedes education there. We […]
– by Yahav Zohar – 13/11/2022 Last Tuesday Israelis went to the polls for the fifth time in three and a half years, finally yielding what may be a stable government coalition. It is no surprise that this government will again be headed by Netanyahu, but what has been a surprise to many is the rise […]
– by Mustafa Alaraj –30/10/2022 Mustafa Alaraj is a resident and community advocate from the Aida Refugee Camp north of Bethlehem in occupied Palestine. He is one of the directors of the Aida Youth Center and a tour guide. The following dispatch is a transcript of an interview conducted with him by Erez Bleicher, discussing conditions […]
– by Erez Bleicher – Israeli military authorities are continuing to develop the legal architecture of occupation into an ever more refined system of segregation. The occupation has always been a system predicated on the separation of people from land, olive trees from farmers, sheep from pastures, and families from homes. The Israeli army has […]
– by Yahav Zohar – May 2021 Israel-Palestine is in the news again, there are bombs and rockets lighting up the sky, turning homes to rubble and dramatically toppling towers. Heads turn in our direction and people want to know what’s going on. “Israel is bombing us” say Gazans. “Hamas shot rockets first” say Israelis. […]
– by Alex Jones – Welcome to the second in a series of film reviews which will highlight some of the most interesting issues facing our region. Watching movies and reading books about somewhere you visited is a great way to reminisce and avoid forgetting the places you went, the things you saw and the […]
– by Alex Jones – Welcome to the first in a series of film reviews which will highlight some of the most interesting issues facing our region. Watching movies and reading books about somewhere you visited is a great way to reminisce and avoid forgetting the places you went, the things you saw and the […]
