by ISM Hebron, January 25th Over a hundred local residents attended today’s peaceful demonstration at the Tel Rumeida checkpoint against colonist violence and road closures in Hebron. Members of the local Tel Rumeida community spoke about their struggles dealing with ...
Read More »Soldier ‘attacked’ by HRWs in Hebron – soldier: “this is fun”
by ISM Hebron, January 24th Today in Tel Rumeida, at around 1:45, two human rights workers (HRWs) were detained for supposedly attacking a soldier at the main Tel Rumeida checkpoint after the soldier became aggravated over a third HRW refusing ...
Read More »OCHA: South Hebron farmers to face difficult year in 2007
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 »Rally Against Settler Violence and Road Closure in Hebron
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Thursday 25th January residents of Hebron will gather at the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida at 2pm to demonstrate against settler violence and the closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians. Speakers, including Palestinian Legislative Council members ...
Read More »Aljazeera: “Israel’s Hebron settlers criticised”
Aljazeera, January 20th The head of Israel’s central Holocaust memorial has criticised Jewish settlers who harass Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron. Yosef Lapid, the chairman of Yad Vashem, Israel’s largest Holocaust memorial said on Saturday that the ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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