ORFC 2026 8 – 9 Jan
Under military occupation, Palestinian farmers face intensifying and catastrophic challenges across the territory. The Israeli military assault has weaponised hunger, systematically targeted food and water infrastructure, destroyed farmland and contaminated soils in Gaza. In the West Bank, land confiscations, settler attacks and restrictions on movement and trade have all accelerated at an unprecedented rate. This session discusses Palestine’s embattled food and farming heritage, with George McAllister who works on action-research in Gaza, and Cathi Pawson, co-founder of Zaytoun. The panel ends by asking, what does radical solidarity look like from within the food sovereignty movement.