Category: Hebron

  • Nakba Day demonstration in Al Walaja: “Al Walaja is one of the symbols of the past and present displacement”

    Nakba Day demonstration in Al Walaja: “Al Walaja is one of the symbols of the past and present displacement”

    16th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Al Walaja, Occupied Palestine Yesterday 15th May, villages from Al Walaja marched for their right of return, on a day marking the 66th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe in Arabic). The demonstration was met with violent repression from Israeli forces with many tear gas canisters fired…

  • PHOTO STORY: Israeli soldiers continue harassment of schoolchildren in Hebron

    PHOTO STORY: Israeli soldiers continue harassment of schoolchildren in Hebron

    15th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This morning in al-Khalil (Hebron), one young child threw one stone towards the checkpoint. Four Israeli soldiers then entered through checkpoint 29, provoking the children who were gathered to go to school. Several children then threw approximately four stones towards the soldiers, who then threw…

  • 15-year-old boy assaulted and detained in Hebron

    15-year-old boy assaulted and detained in Hebron

    10th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Today in al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli soldiers viciously assaulted a 15-year-old boy while they were attempting to arrest him. The soldiers accused him of attacking 10 settler youth; he was then taken to Tel Rumeida military base and then released after 20 minutes with…

  • PCHR calls for investigations into incidents in Yatta town

    PCHR calls for investigations into incidents in Yatta town

    8th May 2014 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights | Yatta, Occupied Palestine The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon the Attorney General to seriously open an investigation into incidents that took place in Yatta town near Hebron on Monday, 05 May 2014. The incidents included beatings, arrests, house raids, and destruction of civilians’ belongings by…

  • Daily Harassment in the Qeitun area

    Daily Harassment in the Qeitun area

    6th May 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Residents of Qeitun area of Al-Khalil, near Shuhada St. are presented with a very different kind of daily routine than other areas of the occupied West Bank. Israel occupation forces not only raid houses and harass people on a daily basis, but…