Gush Shalom activists, together with activists from several other peace organizations:
(Ta'ayush", Women's Coalition for Peace and others), numbering more than 250,
came on Saturday 19/10/02 to several villages in the Nablus area in order to act as
"human shields" and join the Palestinians in picking their olives in the "dangerous" areas.
Dispersed on a wide area on the mountainside, around hundreds of trees,
the activists gathered the olives in great haste, knowing that after their return home the villagers would be unable to reach these groves.

Settlers on the mountaintop tried to prevent the villagers and activists
to come to the trees near them and opened fire.
After an hour the army arrived to "separate" the two sides, affirming that the settlers had the right to shoot,
since picking olives was forbidden in these areas. Afterwards, eight Palestinians and two peace activists were arrested.




Previous Gush Shalom actions.

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