from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2007 is set to be a particularly hard year for the Palestinian farmers of the South Hebron Hills, who have already had much of their land annexed by Israeli ...
Read More »Nine Year Old Boy Arrested for Chasing Ball in Hebron
by ISM Hebron, January 23rd Today in Hebron a young boy, nine years old, from the Haded family was playing with his ball near the Jewish cemetery off Tel Rumeida Street when his ball rolled onto the cemetery grounds. Soldiers ...
Read More »Residents demand freedom of movement at Tel Rumeida checkpoint
by ISM Hebron, January 20th Today, at 13:00, internationals and local residents gathered at the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida, known as the 56 checkpoint, to protest against settler violence and the continued closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians. Children ...
Read More »Sarra Village under Siege
by IWPS, January 19th Sarra village is a village under siege by the IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces). This village of about 3000 people suffers daily and nightly army incursions and harassment. The village is situated on the hills south west ...
Read More »Bethlehem villagers pray on bulldozed land and appeal for international solidarity
by the ISM media team, January 19th Today in Um Salamuna, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists gathered together on the recently bulldozed land of the village to hold prayers and protest against the confiscation of the land. In other words, ...
Read More »Palestinian child beaten in head in Bil’in
by the ISM media team, January 19th Mohammed Khatib being arrested Brutality towards children was the theme of today’s weekly demonstration in Bil’in. In light of this theme many children walked hand in hand with other demonstrators as they chanted ...
Read More »“You have to get your lawyer to go to the court” – IOF continue to deny Palestinians access to Shuhada Street
by ISM Hebron, January 18th peace activist Issa Amro being read the ‘law’ by a Hebron policeman Hebron peace activist Issa Amro attempted to walk down Shuhada Street in the centre of Hebron today, armed only with the Israeli High ...
Read More »Tel Rumeida resident walks home along street…twice
by ISM Hebron, January 17th Yesterday Hani Abu Haikel walked up Tel-Rumeida st. to his home for the first time in over a year, accompanied by Israeli media. His family’s access to Tel-Rumeida st., which is the main route to ...
Read More »Foreign Nationals still denied entry to West Bank by Israel
by Mohammed Mar’i, January 16th Although Lana K. is an American national, and a mother of 2 children, she was denied entry on January 3rd and again on January 9th by the Israeli Occupation Forces ([IOF). Lana is married to ...
Read More »Kufr Ein residents terrorized by IOF raids
from reports by IWPS, At about 2.30am in the morning of December 30th, villagers of Kufr ‘Ein , who live near to the mosque, were awakened by sound bombs and the sound of live shots being fired into the air. ...
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