Hebron

Illegal settlers break into kindergarten, damage property

International Solidarity Movement | March 7, 2017 Hebron, occupied Palestine – Colonial settlers from the illegal settlements in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) have repeatedly invaded and damaged a Palestinian kindergarten located on Shuhada Street over the last two days. On Saturday night, the colonial settlers entered the Shuhada Street kindergarten, stealing two Palestinian flags and breaking […]

Report: Israeli forces detained 420 Palestinians in February

Ma’an – March 4, 2017 RAMALLAH – Israeli forces detained 420 Palestinians during the month of February, including 70 minors and 22 women and girls, according to a statement released on Saturday by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies. The center said in its monthly report that 12 of the detentions were carried out in […]

Israeli Soldier Found Guilty In Execution Of Wounded Palestinian

Israeli solider Sgt. Elor Azaria waits for the verdict inside the military court in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP/Heidi Levine).
(REPORT) — The Israeli soldier who executed a Palestinian man while he was lying on the ground bleeding and incapacitated was found guilty Wednesday of manslaughter after facing a military trial that outraged far-right sectors in Israel.

Not business as usual: colonial settlers in al-Khalil for Jewish festival

International Solidarity Movement | November 27, 2016 Hebron, occupied Palestine – The Jewish holiday/celebration of Chayei Sarah and the reading of the Torah regarding Sarah took place in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) on 25th and 26th November 2016. Beginning of Friday hundreds of Jews from illegal colonial settlements within the West Bank as well as Jews […]

AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): A week in photos 25-31 October 2016

CPT | November 4, 2016 Inaccessible Healthcare  Pictured here: Israeli soldiers stopped and searched Palestinian cars, IDing and detaining the drivers for over an hour. One father was on his way to take his son to the hospital. (October 31, 2016) Olive Occupation  Pictured here: Palestinian family members went out to harvest their olives. When they arrived at the […]

Imprisoned lives: closed military zone in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron)

Photo credit – CPT.net International Solidarity Movement | October 30, 2016 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – It’s like living in a prison. That’s how residents describe what Israeli forces are doing to their lives in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood and Shuhada Street in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). The area was first declared a ‘closed military zone’ on 30th […]

“No Palestinians during the holiday”: Palestinian man harassed during Sukkot

International Solidarity Movement | October 21, 2016 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – Late Thursday morning, as Palestinian schools in the Old City of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) were dismissing their students early due to enhanced settler activity, Israeli forces harassed a Palestinian man and denied him his right of movement through the large parking lot near the […]

Sukkot, feast of intimidation, oppression and illegal annexation

International Solidarity Movement | October 20, 2016 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – This past week marked the feast of Sukkot, which brought settlers from illegal settlements all over the occupied West Bank to al-Khalil (Hebron). There, with restrictions, harassment, collective punishment and intimidation of Palestinians – all in favor of the illegal settlers – the spirit of […]

Highlighting Israeli violations of a world heritage site is not ‘inflammatory’, UNESCO, it’s a duty

By Nasim Ahmed | MEMO | October 15, 2016 A draft decision by UNESCO, which criticises Israel’s activities at holy places in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, has been denounced by Israeli officials. “It ignores thousands of years of Jewish ties to Jerusalem and aids Islamist terror,” claimed Education Minister Naftali Bennett very dramatically. […]