Volunteers of the Harvesting Peace Project report hostile encounters with Jewish settlers and checkpoint guards

Mondoweiss- A Palestinian family living in Bethlehem but originally from the village of Jeb al Theeb contacted our group of volunteers asking for help in harvesting olives on their land adjacent to the settlement of Nokdim, home to Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman. For the past ten years they have been forbidden to access or cultivate the land.

...We were told to wait while they contacted the military, and in the meantime they began with the usual explanations: "This is our land. It is a closed military zone and you are not allowed access." One settler on a motorbike exiting the settlement stopped to speak to us and was so infuriated at our presence that his upper lip began to tremble. He said something to the guard in Hebrew and then told us, "I just asked him if I can shoot you." Read more