Israeli settlement

‘Hermon National Park’ land appropriation and settlement expansion condemned by human rights group

Al-Marsad | November 28, 2016 Human rights organisation Al-Marsad has written to the EU, European governments and the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council regarding the approval last month by the Israeli government to expand the largest illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied Syrian Golan by 1,600 settlements units; and the planned appropriation of […]

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 […]

“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 […]

AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): A week in photos 4-10 October 2016

CPTnet | October 14, 2016 Learning Delayed  Pictured here: Israeli Border Police prevented thirty-eight children and two teachers from passing through the checkpoint for almost thirty minutes. As a result, students not only witnessed their teachers’ detention, but they were also late to school. (October 6, 2016) Military Bureaucracy Pictured here: Israeli Border Police stop and demand IDs of […]

Israel sets restrictions across Jerusalem for Yom Kippur, arms Israeli ‘volunteers’

Palestinian Information Center – October 11, 2016 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – The Israeli authorities imposed tight restrictions throughout occupied Jerusalem in anticipation of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Haaretz Hebrew newspaper said that a series of closures and heightened security operations were declared between the eastern and western parts of occupied Jerusalem. Palestinian vehicles’ movement […]

Israeli Foreign Ministry projects Palestinians as the Zionists, Ashkenazis as indigenous, in twisted video

© Israel / YouTube RT | October 7, 2016 Israel’s Foreign Ministry is calling out at pretty much everyone and anyone who has wronged Jews over the last 3,000 years in a modern-day history lesson in a satirical video. The satirical video outlines the “history of the Jewish people” by focusing on Jacob and Rachel, […]