BUY OLIVE OIL / HELP REBUILD WATER WELLS
Grassroots support of Jayyous resistance
Friends,
The Palestine Children's Welfare Fund (PCWF) has pledged to help the village of Jayyous rebuild and maintain a vital water well in the village, while working to be able to pledge more assistance for other water wells that supply the village of Jayyous and its rich agricltural land.
As many of you may remember, Jayyous was one of the first villages where the bulldozing of land and uprooting of trees began for Israel's Apartheid Wall over 1 1/2 years ago. Jayyous, located in the Qalqiliya region of the West Bank is a village of approximately 3000 persons that have relied almost completely on their land for their sustainance and development. Qalqiliya is the most fertile region in the West Bank, with agricultural production that rivaled that of Israel. Fruits and vegetables from Jayyous used to supply the entire north of the West Bank. Over the past 3 1/2 years Israel has restricted travel for farmers from this region, and farmers from Jayyous are prevented from delivering their goods to even the markets of their mother city, Qalqiliya. Not only have thousands of Jayyous' fruit and olive trees been destroyed for the path of the Wall, but the Wall, which takes the shape of a 9 - 12ft high maximum security fence equipped with razor wire, motion sensors, military watch towers, and an iron gate through which residents have to get permits to enter and exit their farmland, has already been completely built here, severely restricting access to over 75% of Jayyous' farmland. A majority of the villagers have been denied access permits by the Israeli military or are otherwise harassed to the extent that they have all but given up. Israel has made it extremely difficult for farmers to continue farming their land by denying them access; but even for those farmers that can get access, restrictions on travel and delivering goods to market, has made the effort costly. If anywhere it is obvious that Israel's wall is not being built for "security" it is in these areas where the path of the wall has been drawn to incorporate Palestine's most fertile agricultural land and water resources. ISM and PCWF hope that by helping Jayyous with access to basics such as water, farmers will be encouraged to continue fighting for access to their farmland. In addition, when we can help farmers find a market for their products, we can support their continued survival on their land by the means that they have known for generations.
PCWF has made a very important contribution in this area by helping to market Jayyous' olive oil. Through the sale of olive oil from Jayyous and Palestinian embroidery and other handiwork, they have been able to put the money back into the community and pledge the rebuilding and maintenance of important water wells in the village. Please contribute to the resistance of the people of Jayyous by visiting www.pcwf.org and purchasing Palestinian olive oil and other locally produced items.
Please pass the information on!
In solidarity & struggle,
Huwaida
p.s. Over the past few weeks the Israeli military has been entering Jayyous on average of 3 times a day, gassing villagers by tossing dozens of tear gas canisters in and around homes and shops, Samih, and ISM local coordinator and father of 3 young children reports. "We don't know what kind of gas this is, but I doubt it's your average tear gas." We have contacted B'tselem to see if there is anything they can do about analyzing the gas or otherwise trying to stop this harassment and terrorization of Jayyous villagers.
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT http://www.palsolidarity.org
For more information on The Jayyous Project
http://www.pcwf.org/initiatives03/jayyous/main.htm
Please see also: Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
http://www.pcwf.org/index.html
Grassroots support of Jayyous resistance
Friends,
The Palestine Children's Welfare Fund (PCWF) has pledged to help the village of Jayyous rebuild and maintain a vital water well in the village, while working to be able to pledge more assistance for other water wells that supply the village of Jayyous and its rich agricltural land.
As many of you may remember, Jayyous was one of the first villages where the bulldozing of land and uprooting of trees began for Israel's Apartheid Wall over 1 1/2 years ago. Jayyous, located in the Qalqiliya region of the West Bank is a village of approximately 3000 persons that have relied almost completely on their land for their sustainance and development. Qalqiliya is the most fertile region in the West Bank, with agricultural production that rivaled that of Israel. Fruits and vegetables from Jayyous used to supply the entire north of the West Bank. Over the past 3 1/2 years Israel has restricted travel for farmers from this region, and farmers from Jayyous are prevented from delivering their goods to even the markets of their mother city, Qalqiliya. Not only have thousands of Jayyous' fruit and olive trees been destroyed for the path of the Wall, but the Wall, which takes the shape of a 9 - 12ft high maximum security fence equipped with razor wire, motion sensors, military watch towers, and an iron gate through which residents have to get permits to enter and exit their farmland, has already been completely built here, severely restricting access to over 75% of Jayyous' farmland. A majority of the villagers have been denied access permits by the Israeli military or are otherwise harassed to the extent that they have all but given up. Israel has made it extremely difficult for farmers to continue farming their land by denying them access; but even for those farmers that can get access, restrictions on travel and delivering goods to market, has made the effort costly. If anywhere it is obvious that Israel's wall is not being built for "security" it is in these areas where the path of the wall has been drawn to incorporate Palestine's most fertile agricultural land and water resources. ISM and PCWF hope that by helping Jayyous with access to basics such as water, farmers will be encouraged to continue fighting for access to their farmland. In addition, when we can help farmers find a market for their products, we can support their continued survival on their land by the means that they have known for generations.
PCWF has made a very important contribution in this area by helping to market Jayyous' olive oil. Through the sale of olive oil from Jayyous and Palestinian embroidery and other handiwork, they have been able to put the money back into the community and pledge the rebuilding and maintenance of important water wells in the village. Please contribute to the resistance of the people of Jayyous by visiting www.pcwf.org and purchasing Palestinian olive oil and other locally produced items.
Please pass the information on!
In solidarity & struggle,
Huwaida
p.s. Over the past few weeks the Israeli military has been entering Jayyous on average of 3 times a day, gassing villagers by tossing dozens of tear gas canisters in and around homes and shops, Samih, and ISM local coordinator and father of 3 young children reports. "We don't know what kind of gas this is, but I doubt it's your average tear gas." We have contacted B'tselem to see if there is anything they can do about analyzing the gas or otherwise trying to stop this harassment and terrorization of Jayyous villagers.
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT http://www.palsolidarity.org
For more information on The Jayyous Project
http://www.pcwf.org/initiatives03/jayyous/main.htm
Please see also: Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
http://www.pcwf.org/index.html