Foreign activists finished work in olive harvest season

80 foreign activists finished their work on Monday in Palestinian farms that are threatened with expropriation by the Israeli occupation authorities, Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper reported.

A statement issued by the association of Christian Youths in Palestine reportedly announced that the international programme for picking olives was now finished.

The association stated that 80 foreign activists took part in this year’s programme. They were mobilised by Christian associations, churches and other international solidarity movements from more than 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

According to Al-Quds, the programme lasted from 11 to 20 of October, during which time the activists helped Palestinian farmers to pick olives on lands under threat of expropriation by the Israeli occupation authorities.

The newspaper added that the farms participating in this project are located behind the Israeli apartheid wall or divided by it, mostly in Bethlehem and its outskirts.