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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

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