Month: September 2011

  • Observations from Hebron daily life

    26 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A child of about eight years old sneaks past a multitude of soldiers at as they hold back Al Rumeida residents from climbing the hill to their homes. He runs into the corner store, comes out and joyously waves his forbidden purchases at them–a bag of…

  • Extremist settler attacks shepherd and brutally abuses flock

    28 September 2011  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 17th of September Israeli colonists attacked a shepherd near Sha’ab el-Butom, resulting in several sheep injured and the arrest of the young shepherd. Sha’ab el-Butom is a small Bedouin village in South Hebron Hills not even mentioned in most maps, a village that faces daily…

  • International activists in Gaza defiant despite repeated attacks

    26 September 2011 | Islam Online, Hama Waqum The Civil Peace Service (CPS) Gaza human rights observation boat has returned to the waters off the Gazan coast after being grounded for two months due to Israeli naval attacks. CPS Gaza aims to monitor human rights violations committed off the coast of Gaza, in which Gazan fishermen…

  • Israeli military conceals information about possible nerve agent used by illegal, violent settlers

    26 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday, September 25th, Riyadh Abu Armile was assaulted by settlers and the army in Hebron,causing for an open investigation by human rights groups as evidence suggests that settlers may have used an unidentified nerve agent during the assault. On the night of the attack hundreds…

  • The real cost of Al Rumeida roadblock

    25 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank For the last three days Ahmed Sau and Khalil have been loading bushell loads of  white building material on  carts pulled by a horse and a donkey as they trek up the steep hill going to Jabel Al Rahmeh.  At the other end is a truck  filled almost to the…