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In photos: Beit Ommar weekly protest

Posted on: March 17, 2012
Hungry striking and demonstrating in solidarity with Shalabi and Corrie - Click here for more photos

by Younes Arar

17 March 2012 | Beit Ommar Popular Committee

The Beit Ommar Popular Committee organized today’s weekly peaceful protest adjacent to Karmei Tzur colony built on the stolen land of Beit Ommar farmers. When we arrived next to the so called security fence surrounding the colony, more than 60 heavily armed Israeli occupation soldiers obstructed our path and tried with aggression to force us back, but we resisted their violence and carried on our protest program.

This protest was in solidarity with Hana Shalabi who has been on hunger strike for … Continue reading


Updated on March 17, 2012
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Caught on Tape: Drunk settlers in Al Khalil assault two international women; Israeli military admits special relationship with violent settlers

Posted on: March 11, 2012
Caught on Tape: Drunk settlers in Al Khalil assault two international women; Israeli military admits special relationship with violent settlers

11 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On March 9 2012, 6 volunteers of International Solidarity Movement were walking down Shuhada Street near Checkpoint 55 at approximately 11 AM, when drunk settlers attacked the group and injured one international volunteer.

About 5 drunk male settlers began to scream at and surround the internationals, yelling “keffiyah,” the traditional Palestinian scarf, that two internationals were wearing.  Settlers were visibly carrying bottles of alcohol.

The drunk settlers shoved one woman from the back and then threw wine on her.

At the point the group began filming the settlers continued to hit, shove and try to … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Breaking: 2 international activists assaulted by extreme settlers in Al Khalil

Posted on: March 9, 2012

9 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Two international activists were assaulted late this morning by extreme Zionist settlers in Al Khalil (Hebron). A female activist was assaulted by a male settler, after being punched in the face and having her camera stolen by this male settler.

Today’s attack comes following weeks of warning and aggression towards photojournalists and activists with cameras by Israeli military and police, which have stated to internationals that Israeli law forbids the photography of their operations, or rather, their breach of international law and human rights.

Activists have received these warnings for weeks now, and today’s attack … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Israeli troops kill a Palestinian youth; Injures and arrest another

Posted on: March 8, 2012

by Ghassan Bannoura

8 March 2012 | International Middle East Media Center

Twenty-two years old Zakariay Abu Iram was killed while Mohamed Rashid, 18, was injured and arrested by Israeli troops as they attacked the southern West Bank village of Yatta on Thursday afternoon.

Residents told IMEMC that Israeli troops stormed the village and tried to arrest Khalied Makhamreh. He is a Palestinian political prisoner that got released from Israeli military detention last October as part of the Egyptian mediated swap deal between Palestinian groups and Israel.

“ Soldiers stormed the house of the released prisoner to arrest him. All the village rushed to … Continue reading


Updated on March 8, 2012
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International Solidarity: Photos for the liberation of Shuhada Street

Posted on: March 5, 2012
Photos in Solidarity - Click here for more images

5 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement
On February 20th, International Solidarity Movement put out a call for the international community to express their solidarity with the people of Al Khalil (Hebron) and the cause to open Shuhada Street. Individuals from all over the world took part in this symbolic campaign, which came just as locals in Al Khalil launched a week of activities and rallies to invoke the resilience of Palestine and its resistance against apartheid in their communities. Marking the 18th anniversary of the Ibrahimi … Continue reading


Updated on March 5, 2012
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Tel Rumeida: As locals march for rights, Israel sprays funeral procession and injures journalist

Posted on: February 27, 2012
The march for Shuhada Street | Click here for more photos

by Aaron and Silvia
26 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
The divided city of Al Khalil (Hebron) was transformed into a war zone this Friday, as thousands of Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists attempted to peacefully reopen the segregated Shuhada Street and were violently attacked by the Israeli military. Soldiers and riot police used tear gas, sound bombs, sonic weapons, and foul-smelling ‘skunk water’ to break up demonstrations at three different locations, resulting in numerous injuries that sent at least 95 to area hospitals. The demonstrations were the culmination of a week of … Continue reading


Updated on February 27, 2012
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Thousands march to end settlements in Hebron

Posted on: February 25, 2012
Thousands march to end settlements in Hebron

24 February 2012 | Youth Against Settlements

The “Youth Against Settlements” movement marked the 18 year anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre with a peaceful march, as part of Apartheid Week in Palestine, demonstrating through the streets of Hebron, violently broken up by Israeli forces.

Eight thousand of Palestinians from across the West Bank, joined by solidarity activists, participated in the demonstration in Hebron on Friday, February 24th, calling for the reopening of Shuhada Street.  Occupation forces arrested Badia Dweik (39), member of Youth Against … Continue reading


Updated on February 25, 2012
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In Photos: Clashes in Hebron’s Old city during a ‘Open Shudada Street’ rally

Posted on: February 24, 2012
Open Shuhada Street - Click here for more photos

by Emilie Baujard

24 February 2012 | Demotix
Hundreds of Palestinian and international activists protest in Hebron calling for the city’s al-Shuhada Street to be opened up to Palestinian traffic. The Israeli Army dispersed the protestors with stun grenades and tear gas.  The Israeli Army entered the Old City to disperse the demonstration.

Palestinian youth activist and native of Al Bireh, Fadi Quran,was pepper sprayed in the face, assaulted, and arrested by Israeli forces while attending a protest calling for the reopening of a major thoroughfare for Palestinians in the city of … Continue reading


Updated on February 25, 2012
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When it is illegal to use your front door: Freedom of movement in Al Khalil

Posted on: February 23, 2012
Israei military checking IDs along Shuhada Street

by Andreas

23 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Al-Khalil (Hebron) is a divided city. As a result of the Oslo agreements negotiated in the 1990s – the people of Al Khalil  became familiar with two new terms – H1 and H2. H1 refers to 80% of the city, which is officially under control of the Palestinian Authority, while H2 makes up the remaining 20% and falls under full Israeli military control.  In area H2 Palestinians are daily exposed to human rights violations to an extent that can hardly be overestated. Israel severely restricts Palestinian freedom of movement in H2 … Continue reading


Updated on February 23, 2012
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Settler Violence: Broken Glass on Shuhada Street

Posted on: February 22, 2012
Israeli military is seen often in Palestinian neighborhoods in Al Khalil

by Silvia

21 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Five years ago Abed Seder’s wife, Kefah, was shot five times in the chest by Israeli soldiers as she went onto her roof to check her water tank. She was 23 years old and left three sons motherless. He tells me his sons are afraid to go on the roof, which overlooks the illegal Zionist settlement of Beit Hadassah. To an international community, Abed’s struggle is one of trauma and loss, but he tells it with shockingly familiar regularity.

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Updated on February 22, 2012
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