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When Farmers Talk to Farmers… By Meic Llewellyn

Haitham Hasasneh is an agronomist with twenty years of experience in agriculture, He comes from a village to the north of Bethlehem and now lives in Ramallah, a city in the middle of Palestine’s West Bank. “We love our olive trees,” he told me when I met him in Machynlleth last week, “and our farmers…

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Coventry Telegraph: Fairtrade Palestinian Farmers Heading for Coventry Denied UK Entry

Farmers travelling from Palestine to address a Coventry Fairtrade event have been barred from entering Britain. The three olive farmers who were set to speak at Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery today have been denied visas by the UK Border Agency. The farmers were due to speak at a series of events during the annual Fairtrade…

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The Muslim News Article: Palestinian Farmers Denied Visas to Visit UK

The British government is being urged to overturn a decision denying three Palestinian farmers from visiting the UK. Lina Mahmoud, Nahed Beshariah and Belal Eid were due to attend the Fairtrade Fortnight to promote the export of olive oil from the West Bank to the UK. The decision to deny the farmers, who are the…

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