Posts tagged Battir
Tradition vs Apartheid
Tradition vs Apartheid

It was nearly dark when we arrived for dinner in Battir, a village near Bethlehem.  As we descended the stairs to the Terraces Cafe, we could dimly discern all around us the two thousand year old stone structures from which the Cafe took its name, and the imposing Roman-era pool at its edge. Battir is known for its beauty and its water.

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Eyewitness Accounts, Olive Harvest DelegationNancy M.Delegation 66, 2018 Environmental Justice and Olive Harvest Delegation, Battir, water, environment, farming, nonviolent resistance
Orange Against the Dark Night
Orange Against the Dark Night

On Wednesday we were in Bethlehem, the tear gas capital of the world. There is so much tear gas sprayed here, just blocks from Israel’s separation wall, that the gardeners at Dar Jacir are trying to find out what plants are most tolerant of the chemicals in tear gas, which is manufactured somewhere in Pennsylvania.

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Eyewitness Accounts, Olive Harvest DelegationLewis W.Delegation 66, 2018 Environmental Justice and Olive Harvest Delegation, tear gas, Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library, Battir, UNESCO World Heritage Site, farming, 1948, Nakba, Israeli settlements