Tag: Hebron

  • Resistance and empowerment in al-Khalil’s women’s cooperative

    Resistance and empowerment in al-Khalil’s women’s cooperative

    ISM met with the founder of al-Khalil’s largest women’s cooperative to discuss business, the occupation and women’s empowerment. Idhna is a small town to the west of al-Khalil, located less than a kilometre from the separation wall that divides Israelis from Palestinians. It is also home to the main workshop of Women in Hebron, a…

  • Soldiers detain 12-year old child in al-Khalil [VIDEO]

    Soldiers detain 12-year old child in al-Khalil [VIDEO]

    A 12-year old Palestinian boy was detained by Israeli armed forces this afternoon in Hebron’s Bab al-Baladiyya military base. The boy was apparently targeted by the soldiers, who were interrogating passers-by on his whereabouts. When he was identified, the heavily-armed soldiers quickly surrounded the boy and his father before forcing them into the military base.…

  • 14-year old detained in al-Khalil as tensions run high

    14-year old detained in al-Khalil as tensions run high

    A 14-year old Palestinian boy was detained yesterday afternoon as Israeli forces conducted a search in Hebron’s Old City. The boy was riding his bike when four heavily armed soldiers began interrogating him. Shortly after, he was taken to Bab al-Baladiyya military base. Prior to the search, soldiers had stopped several men outside the base.…

  • Major clashes as hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with prisoners’ hunger strike

    Major clashes as hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with prisoners’ hunger strike

    Clashes broke out yesterday in the centre of Hebron as a peaceful demonstration was met with heavy armed resistance from Israeli soldiers and border police.    Demonstrators run from tear gas during today’s march in Hebron   Hundreds gathered outside Hebron’s football stadium at 1pm before marching down Ein Sarah street towards Ibn Rushd square,…

  • Teenager beaten and dragged off the street by soldiers in Hebron

    Teenager beaten and dragged off the street by soldiers in Hebron

    17th May 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestine A Palestinian teenager was attacked in the street today by Israeli forces as he made his way through Hebron’s Old City. While talking with an NGO worker, the 18-year old was rushed by soldiers and beaten in broad daylight. Bleeding, he was…