The olive harvest in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Infestation and Settlers Expected to Reduce Olive Harvest in West Bank

The 2018 olive harvest season will last approximately from mid-September to mid-November. However, a pest that infects olive trees, particularly in the norther West Bank, and settler violence against Palestinian farmers are expected to significantly reduce this year’s yield compared with 2017. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),…

From left to right: MKs Dov Khenin (Hadash), Michal Rozin (Meretz), Mossi Raz (Meretz), Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash) and Ayman Odeh (Hadash) during the Saturday's night protest march in Tel Aviv; “This is the home of all of us.”

Thousands of Protesters March in Tel Aviv against “Nation-State” Bill

Seven thousand protesters marched through central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, July 14, to protest the controversial, government-sponsored “nation-state bill,” calling it racist and discriminatory. Under the banner “This is home for all of us,” public figures, MKs from Hadash and Meretz, and peace and social activists addressed the demonstration, in which participants marched from…