There is one very practical way in which we can all give practical support and assistance to families suffering from the conflict in the occupied Palestinian territories – by joining the campaign of ‘Keep Hope Alive’. This campaign raises money to purchase and plant new olive trees.

Since 2002 the Israeli military and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza have uprooted, burnt and destroyed more than 550,000 olive trees that belong to Palestinian farmers and land owners – trees that have survived hundreds and thousands of years.