Category: Hebron

  • Outrage in Hebron following funeral of Abu Hamdiyeh

    4th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Tens of thousands of people arrived into Hebron on the 4th April to honour martyr Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, who died of cancer in Israeli custody after being deprived of essential treatments for his disease. According to his lawyer, in his last weeks…

  • Palestinian Children’s Day

    5th April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine Children’s Days around the world are intended to honour, protect and celebrate childhood. Palestinian Children’s Day, commemorated on the 5th of April each year, is no celebration – rather it is a day highlighting the horrific treatment of Palestinian children by the occupying Israeli authorities. In…

  • Protests sparked after prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh dies in Israeli custody

    3rd April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement,  Occupied Palestine Demonstrations have been held today in several cities across the West Bank to protest the death of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh. A strike has also been held in Nablus, Hebron and East Jerusalem, amongst other cities. In Nablus, over three hundred Palestinians, together with international activists, participated today…

  • Settler attacks ISM activists

    An ISM activist and her sister were attacked today on Shuhada street, Hebron, by the infamous settler Anat Cohen. The incident is the last in a long line of violent acts committed by Cohen. It was believed to be motivated by the fact the ISM activist was wearing a headscarf, as Palestinian access to Shuhada…

  • Journalists detained in Hebron, leading to two arrests and threats to restrict Palestinian movement

    By Team Khalil 24th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine In the afternoon of the 24th March, two Palestinian Al Jazeera journalists arrived into Hebron to interview a Palestinian family living near the illegal Israeli settlement in the area of Tel Rumeida. When they arrived, settlers called the Israeli military and police,…