Hebron

Arbitrary arrest of two internationals in Hebron

International Solidarity Movement | November 26, 2015 Hebron, occupied Palestine – Sunday 22nd November 2015, two international solidarity activists were arrested by Israeli forces on the claim of ‘staying in a closed military zone’ in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). One German human rights defender passed a checkpoint manned with a group of half a dozen soldiers […]

Israeli army uses Palestinian neighborhood for military training exercises

International Solidarity Movement | November 25, 2015 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – In Qaitun, a Palestinian Neighborhood of Hebron, situated in Oslo-defined Area H2, Israel has the authority for administrative and security control. Israeli administrative control results in Apartheid: Palestinians will never get permission for doing anything, as building, extending or repairing their houses, and all […]

Night raids continue in al-Khalil (Hebron)

International Solidarity Movement | November 22, 2015 Hebron, occupied Palestine – On Tuesday, 17th November, several groups of soldiers raided houses in the Wadi al-Hurriya neighborhood of al-Khalil (Hebron), an H1 district legally outside of Israeli control. From 7.30pm, Israeli forces were present in the area, divided into groups of 7-12 soldiers and entering every […]

Eye-witness account of a murder: ‘They didn’t want her alive, they want her dead, they meant to kill her”

International Solidarity Movement | November 16, 2015 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – On 25th October 2015, 17-year old Dania Arsheid was gunned down by Israeli forces in front of the Ibrahimi mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) and left to bleed to death. One of the shopkeepers nearby the Ibrahimi mosque witnessed the events leading up to […]

Undercover Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian in Hebron hospital

Ma’an – November 12, 2015 HEBRON – Undercover Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead a Palestinian during a hospital raid in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, witnesses and hospital staff said. Abdullah Azzam Shalaldah, 28, was shot several times by forces who raided the surgery unit of al-Ahli hospital in order to detain […]

A Palestinian Call for “Unarmed Warfare”

Behind the headline news of clashes between Palestinian youths and armed Israeli soldiers, Israel has – as ever – been quietly tightening its grip on Palestinians’ lives in the occupied territories.Last week in Hebron, a current flashpoint, 50 embattled families still living in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, faced a new restriction on movement designed to help free up the area for intensified Jewish settlement.

Settler gun training on roof overlooking school : this is how they teach hate

International Solidarity Movement | November 11, 2015 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – This morning, for four hours from 9am to 1pm, a group of  Israeli Settlers were training on the rooftop of the illegal settlement building, Yona Menachem Rennert Beit Midrash, on Shuhada street. An instructor taught them how to hold a gun properly and how […]

Report: 78% of Palestinian victims were executed

Palestine Information Center – November 11, 2015 RAMALLAH – The number of Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli gunfire since October 1, has reached 82, Jerusalem Center for Israeli-Palestinian studies revealed. 78% of the reported victims were executed in cold-blood. The majority of the reported victims were from al-Khalil where 28 youths were executed […]