Category: Features

  • Israeli army uses Palestinian neighborhood for military training exercises

    Israeli army uses Palestinian neighborhood for military training exercises

    25th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine In Qaitun, a Palestinian Neighborhood of Hebron, situated in Oslo-defined Area H2, Israel has the authority for administrative and security control. Israeli administrative control results in Apartheid:  Palestinians will never get permission for doing anything, as building, extending or repairing their houses,…

  • Fifteen masked settlers attack olive field in Burin

    Fifteen masked settlers attack olive field in Burin

    24th november 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, occupied Palestine On November the 24th at approximately 10 am, fifteen masked settlers from the Yitzhar settlement near Burin, south of Nablus, rushed toward an olive field where four Palestinians and two internationals were harvesting. Twenty minutes earlier, the Yitzhar security car, which is usually driven by the head…

  • Settlers from Yitzhar attack boys’ school in Burin and scare students

    Settlers from Yitzhar attack boys’ school in Burin and scare students

    24th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus-team | Burin, occupied Palestine On Sunday at 10 am, November 22th, approximately twenty settlers from Yitzhar settlement attacked a boys’ school in the village of Burin, south of Nablus. According to local officials, the settlers attempted to raid and attacked the school with stones. Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported…

  • Palestinian teenager killed and woman critically injured after being shot in the head at Huwwara checkpoint

    Palestinian teenager killed and woman critically injured after being shot in the head at Huwwara checkpoint

    Yesterday, November 23rd, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager at the Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus.  Samah Abd al-Mumen Ahmad,  a Palestinian woman who was shot in the head in the crossfire as she drove past the scene, is currently in the hospital in critical condition. The incident occurred only 24 hours after the last killing at…

  • Arbitrary use of closed military zone orders in Hebron

    Arbitrary use of closed military zone orders in Hebron

    22nd November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine After being allowed back to their legally owned apartment in Tel Rumeida in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) on Thursday, international human rights defenders were kicked out from their home for the third time by Israeli forces the following day. The draconian restrictions of…