Guarantee Agricultural Access: Participate in planting, plowing, pruning, reaping and and harvesting efforts

By Rabbis for Human Rights on May 15, 2006 - י"ז אייר תשס"ו

Agricultural Access is an interfaith project, bringing international and Israeli volunteers from all religious backgrounds together to participate in planting, plowing, pruning, reaping and and harvesting efforts. By coordinating with the Israeli security forces and the local Palestinian population, and through the physical presence of its members and volunteers, Rabbis for Human Rights helps guarantee Palestinians’ access to their trees while reducing the number of violent incidents and acts of theft and vandalism during the harvest season.

The olive tree, whose branch is a traditional symbol of peace, has in fact become a source of strife in the Holy Land. Hoping to make the orchards peaceful once again, Rabbis for Human Rights plants trees where they have been uprooted and in areas threatened by expropriation. Rabbis for Human Rights won a major victory in August of 2006 when the Israeli Supreme Court ruled in favor of its petition demanding that Israel guarantee Palestinian farmers access to their lands. Rabbis for Human Rights sells olive oil for Palestinians encumbered from selling their produce. Volunteers document the successes and failures of the implementation of scheduled times for Palestinians to cross the fence in order to harvest their crops.

For information and to sign up, you can call during office hours, (09:00-17:00) 02-6482757, or write us at info@rhr.israel.net.

After hours please call (not on Shabbat) Arik: 050-5607034 or Yehiel Grenimann: 050-2110639.

Click here to learn how Rabbis for Human Rights helps to guarantee agricultural access.

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