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A #Palestinian #woman picks olives in #Yanoun, #WestBank, #Palestine, as the sun shines on her face. The olive harvest in Palestine usually takes place around this time of year and is often a communal event with all members of the family coming together to help out. ⠀ ⠀ According to @zaytoun_cic, around eighty percent of the farmed land in Palestine is olive trees and some of the date back 2,000+ years.⠀ ⠀ #FridayFact⠀ ⠀ #October #Autumn #CulturalDiversity #Culture #CelebrateDiversity #Palestine #Israel #WestBank #PhotooftheDay #Photography #EveryDayLife #Moments #DailyLife #Occupation #Freedom #HumanRights #PhotoDocumentary #TravelBlog #HumansofPalestine #PeopleofPalestine #FridayFeeling #MiddleEasternWomen #PalestinianWomen #Nonviolence
"The contrast between East Jerusalem (a largely Palestinian area) and West Jerusalem (a largely Israeli area) in the provision of public space and playgrounds is striking. Ir Amim, an Israeli human rights NGO estimate that the number of playgrounds per capita in East Jerusalem is just 1% of the national standard." In her latest blog, 'How do you demolish a playground?', EA Belinda explores the many challenges faced by Palestinians in Jerusalem, through the lens of the fundamental right of a child to leisure and play. Read the full blog at eyewitnessblogs.com #childhood #children #play #Palestine #Israel #Jerusalem #humanrights #Israeliarmy #PeopleofPalestine #HumansofPalestine #ThursdayThoughts
#Graffiti @thefreedomtheatre in #Jenin in #occupiedPalestine. “people can change their reality only if they imagine the life that they want to live and the stage is a place to create whatever you want. If you didn’t have this alternative image of what you want, I don’t think you’re going to accomplish it. It’s an amazing chance to have this place to create how real life can be, how freedom can be”. Alia, a former student at the Freedom Theatre Read the full blog by EA Patricia at eyewitnessblogs.com, as she meets a number of inspiring artists from @thefreedomtheatre in Jenin to learn about theatre as a form of nonviolent resistance, cultural expression and identity, as well as a personal resource in the challenging conditions of ongoing military occupation. #Palestine #Israel #WestBank #Jenin #photooftheday #humanrights #nonviolence #resistance #arts #freedom #humanofPalestine #PeopleofPalestine #nonviolentresistance #culture #middleeast #theatre #tuesdaythoughts
#Palestinian #children make thier daily crossing through an #Israelimilitary checkpoint in #Hebron to get to school and have their bags checked by a soldier. #ThursdayThoughts #Palestine #Israel #Occupation #EndtheOccupation #HumanRights #education #childhood #ChildrenofPalestine #photooftheday #photodocumentary #photography #HumanRightsPhotography #humansofpalestine #PeopleofPalestine
#Palestinian children from Um al Kheir village and #Israeli children from Karmel settlement try to communicate with each other through the fence #PeaceDay #peaceday2019 #nopeacewithoutjustice ⠀ #Hope #Israel #Palestine #Hebron #WestBank #Jerusalem #PhotoDocumentary #photooftheday #photography #TravelBlog #activist #activism #protest #resistance #diversity #nonviolence #humanrights #fightracism #equality #compassion #ThoughtfulThursday #ThursdayThoughts
The #Palestinian #Bedouin community of Jabal al Baba in the foreground and the large #Israelisettlement, Maale Adumim in the background. Whatever the outcome of the #israelielections2019, the international community must place pressure on the new government of #Israel to fulfil their obligations under #InternationalLaw and halt the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. The settlement expansion programme of the current government is a direct obstacle to peace. Palestinians must have the same, full dignified #humanrights as #Israelicitizens. Read more about the impact of settlement expansion on Palestinians at eyewitnessblogs.com #Photography #photodocumentary #contrast

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