The CJNV olive harvest group is on the ground and working hard. Sydney Levy, a member of CJNV's advisory committee is there and has been sending dispatches from the field. Here are some excerpts and photos from Sydney:

Today in Umm Al Khair, settlers, using a construction excavator, broke and cut off the water pipe which brings drinking water to hundreds of residents of the village.

Beloved friend, teacher, and civil resister Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead by Israeli settler Yinon Levy on Monday, July 28th while defending his community. The IDF then abducted his body, and arrested over a dozen members of Awdah’s community.

On Thursday July 31st, more than 60 women in the Palestinian village of Umm al Khair, in the Southern West Bank initiated a hunger strike to demand the return of the body of community leader Awdah Hathaleen

EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH UMM IL-KHIER: Beloved friend, teacher, and civil resister Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead by Israeli settler Yinon Levy on Monday, July 28th while defending his community. The IDF then abducted his body and arrested over a dozen members of Awdah’s community

In case you missed it, here is Israeli human rights group, B'tselem's report: Our Genocide about the reality in Gaza www.btselem.org/publications...

In remembrance of Awdah Hathaleen, who was murdered by an Israeli settler on Monday, July 28th, Unsettled Podcast has created a compilation of conversations with him. Awdah was a 31-year-old father of three, a teacher, and a tireless activist for Palestinian rights open.spotify.com/episode/6pKO...

How do we face Tisha B’Av, when we’ve been in a period of mourning for so long already? How do we connect to ancient pain, when there is brand-new suffering every day? Read it now: bit.ly/tb5785

BREAKING: The Women of Umm Al-Kheir Go on Hunger Strike - Today (July 31), more than seventy women, ranging in age from 13 to over 70, from the village of Umm al-Kheir in Masafer Yatta, decided to begin a hunger strike immediately

CJNV's Executive Director, Daniel Roth shares about our dear friend and partner Awdah Hathaleen who was murdered by an Israeli settler this week in Umm al Kheir in Masafer Yatta, his home READ HERE: rb.gy/3909w8

"I want to live in peace. I want to raise my children in peace. I don’t want them to experience the occupation. I don’t want them to suffer like I do." www.972mag.com/awdah-hathal...

UPDATE FROM MASAFER YATTA: Israeli Settlers Shoot Awda Hathaleen Dead and Injure Another Palestinian in Masafer Yatta

Read my recent piece in conversation with Oren Kroll-Zeldin about Jewish participation in "co-resistance" activism in the West Bank, its history and even its complications. We particularly discuss the work of @cjnv.org. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/insi...

BREAKING: Palestinian community leaders from Masafer Yatta were unjustly denied entry to the US at San Francisco International Airport. They are currently being detained by CBP and have been told they will be deported today, with no reason given for the cancellation of their visas.

Join @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social, @acjna.bsky.social and many incredible partner organizations (including us) on June 1st and 2nd for a 26-hour-long Shavuot teach-in. Check out the full schedule of presentations and register at rabbis4ceasefire.com/shavuot2025

May we redouble our efforts to realize the world envisioned by the prophet Isaiah so long ago, when “the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness, calm and confidence forever.”

We know this will increase fear and anxiety for our Jewish community and beyond. We are committed to realizing a world where all are safe to walk down the streets of our neighborhoods without fear of being targeted with violence.

This is a devastating, inexcusable act of violence which in no way contributes to Palestinian freedom.

Every life is a universe. Every murder is a desecration of the divine. We are outraged at the horrifying murder of two people outside the Capitol Jewish Museum last night. May the family and friends of Yaron and Sarah be comforted along with all those who mourn.

We are looking closely at details as they continue to emerge, but what we do know now is that no one is safer today — not any American, Jewish or otherwise, and not any Palestinian or Israeli. 5/5

And we fear how some politicians will use this crime to justify a political agenda designed to damage our fundamental freedoms and our democracy. 4/5

We know that this will only harm efforts to end the unspeakable hunger in Gaza and the unprecedented violence and fear in Palestine and Israel. 3/5

This horrific, unjustifiable act has left the families of Sarah and Yaron in mourning and has left Jewish people afraid for our safety. May their families be comforted among all those who mourn. And may our beloved Jewish community find comfort and safety today. 2/5

We are heartbroken by the murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, two young Israeli Embassy aides shot outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. 🧵 1/5

Our leaders must act now to end the horrors before they claim a single life more: ceasefire now, free the captives now, end the blockade now. Jewish and Palestinian safety and freedom are intertwined. Every life is a universe.

They are already cynically exploiting Jewish fear and heartbreak to massacre Palestinians, rip families apart, and seize dictatorial power, which violates human rights and makes no one safer – not Jews, not anyone.

Let us be clear: not only is political vigilante violence reprehensible, it risks emboldening Trump, Netanyahu, and other right wing demagogues seeking new pretexts for further repressing the movement for Palestinian human rights.

Holding fast to our humanity means resisting the dehumanization of anyone, whether Israeli, Palestinian, or a member of any other community.

The very same commitment to life, shared safety, and collective freedom that motivates our stance against the Israeli government’s policies of occupation, apartheid, mass starvation, and genocide in Gaza also moves us to condemn in no uncertain terms this terrible act of violence.

We are profoundly saddened by the killing of Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum last night. May their memories be a blessing. 🧵

Our statement condemning the horrific murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim:

American authors, booksellers, and publishers are calling for the protection of Palestinian writer @mosababutoha.bsky.social Bookstores across the country are being urged to host readings of Mosab’s work in a show of solidarity.

Basel Adra: “The attack on the Rabaa family is far from an isolated incident in Al-Rakeez. In 2021, an Israeli soldier shot 26-year-old Palestinian Harun Abu Aram in the neck at point blank range, leaving him paralyzed and eventually killing him.” www.972mag.com/al-rakeez-se...

“We made our movie in order to bring attention to the situation where I live, to try to bring change to our communities, but when I was attacked, I realized that we were still trapped in the same grinding loop of violence and subjugation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

The Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, is available to rent and screen at nootherland.com from now until May 9. All of the proceeds will support the Masafer Yatta communities featured in the documentary.

The Oscar-winning documentary NO OTHER LAND is now available for rent at supportmasaferyatta.com All rental earnings will benefit the Masafer Yatta communities depicted in the documentary, especially families who have been attacked by settlers.

For the next three weeks No Other Land is available to stream online with a donation!! supportmasaferyatta.com

He was shot. He lost his leg. Then they arrested him. This is the cost of being Palestinian under Israel's apartheid system. My neighbor Saeed defended his land, and paid the price with blood and pain !! speaks up !! #MasaferYatta #FreePalestine #EndApartheid

New piece from me: I talk with Oren Kroll-Zeldin about "co-resistance" and the work of American Jews engaging in international solidarity work under the leadership of Palestinians in the West Bank. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/insi...

This article tells the story of Monday’s attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal and Susiya through the eyes of our Hineinu activists. “My entire life, I’d been told that Israel is a safe place for me as a Jew, and the people who were attacking me were Jewish.” forward.com/opinion/7082...

UPDATE TO THIS STORY Following yesterday’s brutal settler attack that left 5 hospitalized and the arrests of 22 Palestinians, Israeli settlers and soldiers raided the Palestinian village of Jinba (in Masafer Yatta) early this morning, damaging people’s homes and destroying personal property.

200 articles were written about the attack on and arrest of No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal. Today, armed settlers brutalized Palestinians in Jinba, leaving 5 hospitalized, incl a 15 yr old. Israel arrested 22 Palestinians and no settlers. Guess how many articles have been published? Three.

When will the world act?

New attacks from Israeli settlers on Palestinians on Friday in Masafer Yatta, West Bank, home of “No Other Land” co-director Hambdan Ballal who was also beat and detained earlier this week:

🚨🚨🚨 Israeli settler and military pogrom was perpetrated on the Palestinian village Jinba in Masafer Yatta including use of grenades. Jewish terrorists severely injured children and the military arrested survivors. It’s part of the ongoing violent ethnic cleansing happening in south Hebron hills.

The endless repetition of these heinous crimes is only possible because we allow it to be. A dozen settlers brutalize every #Palestinian they can find until the military comes and arrests... THE PALESTINIAN VICTIMS!

🚨 TODAY: BRUTAL SETTLER ATTACK LEAVES 5 HOSPITALIZED IN JINBA, MASAFER YATTA, WEST BANK 🚨 Every story of Israel's violence against Palestinians deserves the level of recognition and outrage that we saw over the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal. 1/ 📷 IG: @mahmoud.photography97

Join us on Sunday, April 6 to hear from our Hineinu activists and one of our Palestinian partners from Masafer Yatta about their work together building Palestinian-Jewish coresistance to occupation and ethnic cleansing. secure.everyaction.com/ORY8sfR-7UCC...

On Democracy Now, Anna Lippman (@annalippman.bsky.social) breaks down the double standards that Israel applies to Palestinians and to Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Anna is one of the CJNV activists who was attacked by settlers last night in Susiya when Hamdan Ballal was arrested.

Tonight, Oscar-winning Director of No Other Land Hamdan Ballal was attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested by the Israeli army in his home village of Susiya in Masafer Yatta.