4) Settlers fire guns to disrupt Israeli-Palestinian olive harvest
By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF
Oct. 19, 2002
Dozens of settlers prevented residents of the West Bank villages of Akrabeh and Inabus near Nablus, as well as Jewish and Arab Israeli left-wing activists, from picking olives Saturday. The activists said settlers fired shots in the air in an attempt to stop the olive picking.
Several dozens of left-wing activists of Peace Now, Gush Shalom, Ta'ayush (Jewish-Arabic partnership), the Women's Peace Coalition, as well as other organizations, arrived in Inabus on Saturday afternoon to help the Palestinian pick olives. The olive picking season, which starts at around the beginning of October, has been severely hampered by prolonged curfews imposed by the IDF in the West Bank, Gush Shalom said in a statement. The IDF, the statement said, frequently bars the Palestinian population from picking olives, the main source of livelihood for many.
Also, the Jerusalem Post has previously reported police were investigating a West Bank settler on suspicions he was implicated in the killing of a 24-year-old Palestinian, Hani Yusuf of Akraba, and the wounding of another man on October 6, while they were harvesting olives near Hirbat Yanun and Itamar, in Samaria.
By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF
Oct. 19, 2002
Dozens of settlers prevented residents of the West Bank villages of Akrabeh and Inabus near Nablus, as well as Jewish and Arab Israeli left-wing activists, from picking olives Saturday. The activists said settlers fired shots in the air in an attempt to stop the olive picking.
Several dozens of left-wing activists of Peace Now, Gush Shalom, Ta'ayush (Jewish-Arabic partnership), the Women's Peace Coalition, as well as other organizations, arrived in Inabus on Saturday afternoon to help the Palestinian pick olives. The olive picking season, which starts at around the beginning of October, has been severely hampered by prolonged curfews imposed by the IDF in the West Bank, Gush Shalom said in a statement. The IDF, the statement said, frequently bars the Palestinian population from picking olives, the main source of livelihood for many.
Also, the Jerusalem Post has previously reported police were investigating a West Bank settler on suspicions he was implicated in the killing of a 24-year-old Palestinian, Hani Yusuf of Akraba, and the wounding of another man on October 6, while they were harvesting olives near Hirbat Yanun and Itamar, in Samaria.