Tuesday, October 6, 2009

scenes from another Beit Hanoun olive harvest

In Gaza

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*figs, not quite ripe
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*olive bucket
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*Local Inititative volunteer
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*shade hut built from Israeli-bulldozed Palestinian trees
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*The lovely wood is from an Israeli-bulldozed Jumeiza tree. Although these trees may exist elsewhere, I’ve only ever seen them in Palestine
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*although over 1km from the Green Line border between Gaza and Israel, the farmers on this land were worried enough about being shot at that they requested accompaniment
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*the makings of a fire for tea