A WARNING FROM ISRAEL; WHAT MAY COME AFTER THE EVACUATION OF JEWISH SETTLERS FROM THE GAZA STRIP, BY URI DAVIS, ILAN PAPPE, AND TAMAR YARON

heather on July 22nd, 2005

18 July 2005 | URI DAVIS, ILAN PAPPE, and TAMAR YARON | Israel We feel that it is urgent and necessary to raise the alarm regarding what may come during and after evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip occupied by Israel in 1967, in the event that the evacuation is implemented. We held…

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Fair Trade and the need for investment into capacity building

heather on July 14th, 2005

Zaytoun is in the process of bringing a container of oil to the UK from a new supplier, The Palestine Fair Trade Association. Below is an email regarding this. ‘As for the current shipment we had booked space on vessel leaving on July 17. But I recieved news yesterday that may lead us to cancel…

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Factors that hinder Palestinian capacity to offer competative pricing of olive oil on the world market:

heather on July 14th, 2005

A statement from the Director of Canaan Fair Trade, Palestine. 1- Traditional organic non-irrigated farming. The average Palestinian orchard yield is less than that of irrigated modernized farming or non-irrigated farming in northern Mediterranean countries that gets higher levels of rain. Farmers need higher return on products to support their families because of the smaller…

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