Israeli settlement

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 […]

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 […]

Punished for his work: medic Ahmad Nasser describes his recent arrest

Israeli forces attacking journalists and medics (Ahmad) at clashes near Beit El Oct 30 – Photo credit Fadi Arouri International Solidarity Movement | November 10, 2015 Ramallah, Occupied Palestine – In the early morning of November 2nd 2015, Ahmad Nasser was kidnapped by Israeli forces from his home near Ramallah. He was accused of attempting […]

Palestinians held hostage in their own homes by Israeli forces in al-Khalil (Hebron)

International Solidarity Movement | November 7, 2015 Hebron, Occupied Palestine –  Israeli forces violently took over several homes of Palestinian families in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), trapping the families inside their own homes. Large parts of the city have been declared a ‘closed military zone’, preventing Palestinians from moving, while settlers are freely roaming the streets. […]

Israeli MK: ‘Label products of countries that back boycott’

MEMO | November 6, 2015 Israeil Knesset Deputy Speaker Miki Zohar yesterday proposed a bill that requires Israeli retailers to mark products that are manufactured in countries which boycott settlement goods, local media reported. Israels Hayom newspaper reported that Zohar’s “A label for a label” initiative comes in response to the European campaign to label […]

International human rights defenders arrested and evicted while “Hebron is becoming ghettoized”

International Solidarity Movement | November 4, 2015 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – Two international human rights defenders were arrested in Hebron (al-Khalil) yesterday morning, November 3rd, while six others were ordered to leave an apartment in the H2 neighbourhood of Tel Rumeida by threat of arrest. The German and American nationals were arrested at 7.50am while […]

Israeli forces increase harassment of Palestinian school-children in al-Khalil (Hebron)

International Solidarity Movement | November 1, 2015 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – This morning at Qurtuba school in al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli soldiers harassed school-children, teachers and adults trying to pass the nearby checkpoint. The stairs leading to Qurtuba school, the scene of a heinous murder of a Palestinian youth by Israeli forces three days ago, are […]

Jewish settlers prevent Palestinian farmers from olive harvest

Ma’an – October 31, 2015 NABLUS – Israeli settlers on Saturday prevented Palestinian farmers from accessing their olive fields on the outskirts of Burin village near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, locals said. Local sources told Ma’an that dozens of settlers blocked entrance of farmers to their land while Israeli soldiers stopped two buses […]