by Team Khalil
7 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine
A 17 year old youth was arrested and 2 others, including a 13 year old boy, were detained at checkpoint 56 in Tel Rumeida, Hebron.
At around 8 pm on 7th February Israeli occupation forces soldiers detained three men, accusing them of throwing stones at the checkpoint. After an hour Munir Zehdeh, 17, was arrested and taken … Continue reading
by Team Khalil
7 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine
A 14 year old boy was detained at checkpoint 56 in Tel Rumeida, Hebron.
At 2 pm on 6th February Amir Ibrahim Shawar was taken by soldiers of the Israeli occupation forces near the Jewish cemetery in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. He was accused of throwing stones at the soldiers, he was then marched down to the checkpoint where he was detained for about an hour. Amir from Azaria near Jerusalem was on a … Continue reading
by Wyatt Black
31 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
The Israeli occupation forces have shown a large amount of aggression recently in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Al Khalil (Hebron). Three Palestinian homes near the ancient Jewish cemetery were entered and searched on the 30 December. Another apartment rented by internationals had soldiers attempting to forcibly enter that same night, the armies’ alleged reason was to get onto the roof.
Today (31 December) Israeli army personnel entered deep into the H1 Palestinian-controlled area of the neighborhood at 4 pm and apprehended a person at a shop who was using a … Continue reading
by Team Khalil
16 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
One Palestinian was arrested and many were harassed by Israeli soldiers on Sunday evening between 6pm and 7:30 pm during an incursion into the Palestinian Authority controlled area of Hebron.
Israeli occupation forces entered the Tel Rumeida area in H1. Homes and shops were searched, and a Palestinian teenager was restrained in handcuffs and blindfolded. The targeting of this person did not appear to be based on any evidence. The soldiers illegal actions were an aggressive response to an incident in which … Continue reading
by Team Khalil
13 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
After school on the 13th of December in Al Khalil (Hebron) two children were attacked by a group of settlers. Younes Azzeh, age nine, and his sister Raghad Azzeh, age fourteen, were attacked by three male settlers that are speculated to be between seventeen and nineteen years old. Younes was kicked in the shins, thighs and generally roughed up as Raghad was accosted by a hurled stone hitting her lower back.
The attacks ensued as the children were walking home after school at around one o’clock in the afternoon. Their families’ … Continue reading
4 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
There are 38 military orders issued on homes in Tel Rumeida and Hebron. On Sunday 3rd December the District Coordination Office (D.C.O.) and the lawyers representing the families who have military orders put on their homes were supposed to be visiting the sites that the orders refer to. The purpose of the tour of these sites was to ascertain exactly what the meaning of these military orders are. The tour of the sites has been delayed. This delay leaves the families concerned still wondering what will happen to their homes and lands.
The … Continue reading
9th November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Police take photographs of injuries at Checkpoint 56 in Hebron
A group of soldiers and international activists surround Imad after the settler attack
On Thursday in Hebron, Palestinian activist Imad Al Atrash was beaten by an illegal Israeli settler whilst two soldiers watched, without intervening.
Imad reports that he was walking through an olive grove in Tel Rumeida when a man from a nearby illegal settlement shouted abuse at him. Imad called for a nearby Israeli soldier to witness … Continue reading
4th November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
On Friday 2nd November the Israeli military issued five military orders on five families in and around Hebron. Families in Tel Rumeida are under threat of having their movement severely restricted. At the time of writing Sunday 4th November the objectives of the military orders is unclear.
A lawyer from the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (H.R.C.) is representing all five of the families who have received these orders. The families have been given five days to lodge their objections to the documents. A collective objection will be made by the lawyer representing the families … Continue reading
By Vicky Blackwell and Elyana Belle
Photographs by Vicky Blackwell
22 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
VIDEO from Youth Against Settlements:
UPDATE: 10.30pm – All 3 men have now been released without charge.
Today, a group of settlers from the illegal settlement in Tel Rumeida arrived at Hashem Azzeh’s olive grove next to his house at around 12.30pm, whilst he and his family were harvesting their olives, yelling for everyone to get off of “their” land.
Hashem and his family were on their land harvesting olives for the first time in 5 years after being granted permission from the … Continue reading
By Ruby Astaire
26 September | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian school in the city of Hebron with intentions to arrest two sixth grade students after false allegations of throwing stones at a nearby checkpoint.
Israeli soldiers based in the Palestinian city of Hebron entered the Kurtuba school on Sunday to arrest two sixth grade students after they allegedly threw stones at a nearby checkpoint. Kurtuba school is located on Shuhada … Continue reading
