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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend Oil for Peace � Olive Harvest in Jayus 2011/10/18 Yehuda Stolov yehuda@interfaith-encounter.org Oil for Peace � Olive Harvest in Jayus Last weekend, 14-15 October, we went to harvest olives in the village of Jayus, near Tsofim and Matan, fine minutes east of Kfar Saba. The village itself is east of the security fence, but many of its land are west of it. Consequently, most of the village`s farmers do not have access to their lands, since they do not have entry permits, and their ability to harvest their olives depends on volunteers. After leaving the road we took a dirt-road between different fields and stopped near the plantation of Nafouk family, where we joined them for the work. Ali, sports` teacher, his wife and their two children explained to us what to do and offered steaming Sage tea. Work was pleasant. We used Plastic rakes to bring down the dark olives to the Canvas sheets, and from there into the sacks. The sun warmed us gently and the afternoon breeze from the west kept our weather and spirit in excellent conditions. During the field lunch we had a spontaneous interfaith encounter. Ali told us about a fable related to Moses, who according to Islam was the only prophet who could speak directly with God. The moral of the story was that the one who keeps well what he has � gains richness. In the coming weekend, 21-22 October, we will join the harvest again. Please contact Noy for details. Reported: Noy Mordekovitch Noyender@gmail.com 054-4949323 Links to the latest articles in this section Israelis support Russian opposition to the Ukraine War All to Burin this Friday! Stand with the Palestinians against settler violence! The burial of ashes - an emotionally loaded day