Zaytoun on January 29th, 2009
Palestinian olive oil could soon be the first oil to receive Fairtrade status. Last month, representatives of the Fairtrade Foundation and international Fairtrade Labelling Organisation (FLO) held a workshop in Ramallah on the process of certification, Fairtrade price setting and producer support for Palestinian olive farmers. Central to the workshop was Zaytoun, a UK-based co-operative…
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Zaytoun on January 28th, 2009
Report written by Tara, an Australian ISM volunteer “We have no bathroom, how can we wash ourselves? How can we go to school looking like this?”, implored 13 year-old Shaima al Samouni. It’s a pertinent question, given that schools reopened two days ago for the first time since the Israeli attacks on Gaza started. With…
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Zaytoun on January 28th, 2009
Report written by Tara, an Australian ISM volunteer A young farm-worker, Arwan al Ibrim was murdered by Israeli military forces at approximately 9:45 am on Tuesday 27th January, in the village of Al Farahin, east of Khan Younis. 27 year old Arwan was working picking parsely and spinach in the village agricultural lands, approximately 700…
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Zaytoun on January 26th, 2009
Nick Matthews on a co-operative keeping Palestinian farming alive. “They planted for us to eat – we will plant for them to eat.” This old Palestinian saying sums up the philosophy of Al Zaytouna, the Palestinian Olive Tree Association founded in 2004 as a non-profit association working in all the Palestine agricultural areas that produce…
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Zaytoun on January 26th, 2009
By Joanna Blythman Fruit and vegetable exports are crucial to the Israeli economy. A consumer boycott of agricultural produce exerts direct economic pressure where it matters. If you’re not in the habit of checking the country of origin on fruit and vegetables to minimise food miles, you may not have noticed just how much Israeli…
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Zaytoun on January 26th, 2009
Luisa Morgantini Vice President of the European Parliament It will be distributed in all tables and restaurants of the European Parliament in Brussels and in Strasbourg, the olive oil produced in the Palestinian Occupied Territories and rigorously Fair Trade. Since long time, the EP utilizes Fair Trade products, thanks to the initiative by a group…
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Zaytoun on January 22nd, 2009
From Zatoun to Zatoun An Invitation: From North America to Gaza In days of darkness we seek the light. Olive oil has been a source of physical and spiritual light to many cultures. It enlightens minds to greater understanding and lights hearts to compassion. Zatoun, through the sale of fair trade olive oil, has built…
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Zaytoun on January 18th, 2009
Zaytoun Olive Oil is mentioned in The Ecologist by Laura Sevier – Read her article ‘Drizzle with care’.
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Zaytoun on January 17th, 2009
300 Academics have written to The Guardian stating that: ‘We believe Israel should immediately and unconditionally end its assault on Gaza, end the occupation of the West Bank, and abandon all claims to possess or control territory beyond its 1967 borders. We call on the British government and the British people to take all feasible…
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Zaytoun on January 16th, 2009
‘It was the hardest day of our lives’ Wednesday 14th January, 2009 In an escalation of the ground offensive in the south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces terrorised the population of Khoza’a, a small rural community east of Khan Younis. They entered the area at about 3.00am on the morning of Tuesday 13th January…
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