The Oil of Life – Morning Star Article
Zaytoun on January 26th, 2009Nick 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 olives.
The olive branch, traditionally a symbol of peace, has now become a symbol of the Palestinians’ struggle for survival.
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