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Olive Tree Campaign

A woman hurls olives in the air. Photographer: DanChurchAid

Keep hope alive in Palestine

The Olive Tree Campaign seeks to replant trees in areas where they have been uprooted and destroyed or in areas where the fields are threatened to be confiscated by the Israeli Occupation Army or settlers.

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Olive Tree Campaign

Plant hope

The campaign goal is to replant 50,000 olive trees in the Palestinian Territories with the sponsorship of YMCA and YWCA in Jerusalem.

Plant an olive tree

Through replanting olive trees, Palestinians will be encouraged to keep hope alive and to reaffirm their commitment to work constructively toward peace-building.

Articles about Israel-Palestine


06/06/2007: 40 years of occupation
For 40 years Israel has built settlements on occupied territory, taken from Palestinian farmers. Half of Palestinians now live under the UN poverty line and the two-state solution is wearing thin. Read more...


26/01/2007: A call for 'dignified health care'
Going to the hospital for the first time is difficult enough without worrying about strikes by hospital workers. But the relatives of Yousef Abed Elatif Sedqee had to factor that in when they recently took the 7-year-old from the West Bank village of Megaer to the nearby clinic run by Augusta Victoria Hospital in the village of Turmus'ayya. Read more...


27/11/2006: Water issues still plague villages
One hundred days after the cease-fire that ended the battle between Israel and Hezbollah, many Lebanese villages are still without running water. Read more...


11/11/2006: Material and mental healing get underway
Scan the faces of children gathered for a break outside Souane Elementary School and you see that life is slowly returning after the traumatic 34-day Israeli-Hezbollah conflict that left Lebanese villages bombed, roads destroyed and thousands injured and dead. DanChurchAid is currently clearing mines and unexploded ammunition in Lebanon.
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26/10/2006: Pink against cluster bombs
Pink, aka 27-year-old Alecia Moore, joins the fight against cluster bombs. Pink, who is known for her strong opinions, gave a concert on 24 October in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more...


18/10/2006: Peace and reconciliation
DanChurchAid works with progressive forces within Israeli and Palestinian civil societies to reinforce democracy and respect for human rights, and to support efforts for sustainable peace and justice. Read more...


04/10/2006: Women's rights
DanChurchAid supports Palestinian NGOs in promoting the participation of Palestinian women in the development of a Palestinian society based on equal opportunities, universal principles of human rights and priciples enshrined in Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination. Read more...


20/09/2006: After the war in Lebanon
Muslims and Christians find bonds during the war between the Lebanese Hezbollah and Israeli forces. A million Lebanese fled the war zones to safer places in Lebanon. The majority of those who fled were Shia Muslims, many of whom received protection in Christian areas. Read more...


16/09/2006: Access to health care
DanChurchAid works with access to health care in Israel/Palestine. The right to access humanitarian aid and services is a human right that includes access to adequate and affordable primary health care. In the context of marginalisation of international humanitarian law in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Palestinian population is effectively deprived of this right. Read more...


01/09/2006: Crisis in Gaza deepens
In recent months in Gaza, air raids, physical barriers and economic sanctions have resulted in disastrous consequences for residents. Read more...