In the 1980s, as part of a Palestinian boycott of Israeli taxation and commodities, residents of Beit Sahour (West Bank), in a quest for greater self-sufficiency, formed a collective and stopped purchasing milk from Israeli companies. They purchased cows from a sympathetic kibbutznik and set about teaching themselves how to care for the animals and milk them. The farm was a success, with strong local demand for “Intifada milk.” However, the herd was declared a “threat to the national security of the state of Israel” and Israel sought to impound the cows, forcing Palestinians to devise creative ways to keep them hidden.