Artist Alec Finlay has made a series of projects for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park culminating in an exhibition for the Bothy Gallery and Park. The exhibition includes a Olive Oil wall made from Zaytoun Olive Oil. In Alec’s own words: ‘Spanning the gallery is a high wall composed of clear glass bottles filled with olive…
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A interesting blog entry on a a culinary weblog, which examines the olive tree as a symbol of Palestinian identity in response to a short documentary by Osama Qashoo, titled My Dear Olive Tree. ‘The eighteen-minute documentary shifts swiftly from registering the small community’s warm familial bond with the land, to an extremely tense situation…
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In July 2004 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled the Separation Wall to be illegal where it stands on Palestinian territory, and pointed to the obligations of the international community under the Geneva Conventions to take action against Israel to end its violations. One year later, in July 2005, War on Want, the Dove…
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By Amira Hass Palestinian olive trees in the West Bank are clearly being vandalized rather than pruned, two experts said yesterday. (10/01/06) They were responding to the Yesha Council of settlements’ contention that Palestinians sometimes label pruned trees as having been vandalized in order to smear the settlers, who are believed responsible for the vandalism.…
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