New stock in Zaytoun refinancing Harvest trip and tour news Gaza – live bullets for farmers Organic tomatoes and almonds Palestinian Medjoul Dates for Ramadan Ordering Zaytoun products Upcoming events Where to purchase our products New stock in warehouse The new container of olive oil from Canaan has arrived and all new stock of oil…
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7 June 2010 The Lesson of the Flotilla Bloodbath: End the Occupation! Sindyanna of Galilee, a Fair Trade Association aiming to build bridges between Israelis and Palestinians, strongly condemns the Israeli army raid on the Freedom for Gaza flotilla, which has resulted in nine dead and dozens of wounded. Israel‘s attempt to divert…
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Zaytoun is among the many ethical projects that benefit from a Triodos Bank loan to support its growth. Now Triodos is the first bank allowing anyone to see all the loans it is making. To read more click here
With the love of Palestinian Olive Oil growing in the UK, it seems it’s quickly becoming everyone’s ‘favourite’ product. The Executive Director of Fairtrade Foundation, Harriet Lamb recently said Palestinian Olive Oil is one of her two favourite favourite Fairtrade products of the last 15 years. Read more here
See footage and reports of farmers under attack in Gaza and the West Bank www.farmingunderfire.blogspot.com
The Arab-British Centre recently announced Zaytoun CIC (Community Interest Company) as winner of the 2009 Arab-British Culture and Society Award. The annual award of £5000 is made to an individual or organisation which in the opinion of the judges has made an outstanding contribution to the British public’s knowledge and understanding of the life, society…
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A report on the second national fair trade conference in Palestine. Download here
February 24, 2009 Khoza’a, Khan Younis, Gaza Palestinian farmers, accompanied by international Human Rights Workers (HRWs), were fired upon by Israeli forces in the village of Khoza’a, near Khan Younis, this morning. The farmers and HRWs were attempting to work on land around 300m from the ‘Green Line’. Read more here Watch video on You…
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Fair Comment – The Fairtrade Foundation Newsletter Forty-two year old olive farmer Mahmoud Issa looks out across the 150 dunams (15 hectares) of olive groves that provide his living. As a member, he says he speaks for all the farmers in the Anin Co-operative when he describes his excitement at his co-op becoming Fairtrade certified.…
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Dirty Tricks: Israeli Soldiers Shoot Deaf Palestinian Farmer, 4th Farmer Shot in 3 weeks Eva Bartlett What caused the Israeli soldiers to shoot a deaf farmer today? Was he threatening? Was it because the group of farm labourers had successfully worked quickly to harvest their day’s wages? Was the sight of retreating, unarmed, clearly non-threatening…
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