ADNAN TBEILI of Nablus makes soap for Sindyanna of Galilee, which exports it worldwide. Since April this year he has not been able to get a permit to enter Israel. We at Sindyanna have tried to intervene through a lawyer.…
Article Author: Lahav, Hadas
The Price of Olive Oil
ABU AL-ABED COULD not believe his eyes when he went down to his olive grove in the Deir Hana Valley. It was early November, but the trees were naked of fruit, as if they’d forgotten that it was harvest time…
The Mutilation of the Olive Trees
With contributions by Orli Karinis of “Friends to the Villages,” an Israeli voluntary organization active in the Nablus area. The autumn of 2005 saw a poor olive harvest both locally and abroad. In the West Bank, however, that was the…
The Retreat of Israeli Colonialism
On June 10-12, 2005, the Organization for Democratic Action conducted a seminar on the Rise and Decline of Empires. Ten lectures provided a basis for discussion among forty participants. The lectures focused on the differences and similarities among the Roman,…
The Za’atar Express
From the hill that overlooks Qaffin we could see how much the area has changed in the last two years. The separation fence, flanked by a dirt road, has altered the topography, not to say the demography, beyond recognition. The…
The Dovrat Report: Populism and Elitism Will Not Mix
In the middle of May, Education Minister Limor Livnat announced a major overhaul in Israeli Education. She published a preliminary “National Program for Education,” an ambitious 123-page proposal developed in a committee headed by high-tech executive Shlomo Dovrat. This “Dovrat…
Meretz: From Rabin to Sharon
On June 18 and 19, the Organization for Democratic Action (ODA) held its sixth convention. As preparation for these two days, the members of the Central Committee wrote papers that were presented and discussed in the party’s branches. The papers…