Category: Hebron
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Tension rises in Khalil during Sukkot celebrations
21st September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Sukkot is a joyful festival in Judaism; however its impact upon day-to-day life in Khalil has only caused greater problems for the Palestinians. Many residents of Khalil have commented that it is during this holiday period every year where daily life in…
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Two men seriously beaten while attempting to build a house in Tel Rumeida
10th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday in Khalil, a number of Palestinians were transporting building material to a house in Tel Rumeida. By doing so, they were challenging the army by transporting the material using a tractor on the only remaining road to the house, one which…
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Video – Sent to prison for playing with olives
12th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, 11/08/2013, at approximately 4 o’clock in the afternoon, two activists from Youth Against Settlements (YAS) were arrested. Twenty-one-year-old Abd AlMajeed Bassam Amro, and twenty-year-old Ali Talib Amro were playfully throwing olives at each other when an Israeli soldier came up…
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Anxious Eid for family of prisoner in Hebron
8th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine For one Hebron family, this year’s Eid is more worrisome than festive. They will have to spend it wondering about their father and husband, whom they have not been able to talk to since the 4th of August. Last Sunday at around…
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Video – Amena Rabo: A life under occupation
6th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On the 2nd of August, Amena Abed AlFatah Abed Rabo passed away in Hebron. She was 71 years old and suffered a stroke. However, Amena might still have been with us, had the Israeli military let the ambulance through the many checkpoints.…
