Category: Hebron

  • Eye-witness account of a murder: ‘They didn’t want her alive, they want her dead, they meant to kill her”

    Eye-witness account of a murder: ‘They didn’t want her alive, they want her dead, they meant to kill her”

    16th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 25th October 2015, 17-year old Dania Arsheid was gunned down by Israeli forces in front of the Ibrahimi mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) and left to bleed to death. One of the shopkeepers nearby the Ibrahimi mosque witnessed the events leading…

  • “When soldiers see a camera they come to you like a beast”

    “When soldiers see a camera they come to you like a beast”

    16th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Since the beginning of October Israeli soldier- and settler violence has increased sharply and resulted in even further restrictions on Palestinians’ everyday lives in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Imad Abu Shamsiyyeh, a volunteer with the Palestinian organization Human Rights Defenders, has been documenting…

  • Human rights activists evicted from Tel Rumeida apartment again

    Human rights activists evicted from Tel Rumeida apartment again

    12th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday, international activists regained access to their Tel Rumeida apartment after being denied entry for a week. This morning at 8.45am another activist tried to enter the apartment but was prevented by soldiers, even after showing them the rental contract granting her…