Volunteering with Olive Farmers in Palestine
We live in a culture based on images, none more powerful than those of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. In this age of the armchair activist, a voice of dissent is a click, a tweet or often just vitriol in a comment box. We can happily surf away to another distraction from the safety of our sofas. What if you took your solidarity and you turned up, in real time, to the trouble spot on the screen? This is exactly what 30 year old Brazilian teacher Victor Paes did when he recently joined The International Solidarity movement (ISM) in Palestine for the annual olive harvest.
