Category: Hebron
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George Orwell meets Mel Brooks in detention of international activist
by Jack English 20 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The ongoing repression of international activists took a turn for the ridiculous on Thursday night in Al Khalil, also known as Hebron. At approximately 7:30pm on January 19th, an activist approached a military checkpoint en route to his apartment, where two soldiers on duty,…
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Eight homes ordered to be demolished in Khalit Al-Dar
by Jack English 17 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On January 4th, an Israeli military commander served 8 demolition orders in the town of Khalit Al-Dar, just south of the city of Al-Khalil, also known as Hebron. The reason given for issuing demolition orders to the families is that they have built…
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Israeli army complicit in settler car-burning
by Sarah 17 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday, the 16th of January, at approximately 2 AM, about fifty settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, entered the Abu Haikal family’s field in the neighborhood of Tel Rumeideh in Hebron. After throwing stones at the family’s house, they savagely burnt the car of…
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ISM volunteers encounter settler attack and sexual harassment in Hebron
by Emma and Meriam 10 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Around midnight on January 10th two international, female activists were attacked by a middle aged settler woman living in the occupied area of Hebron. After entering Shuhada Street, which is closed to Palestinians, the two women encountered a settler woman who threw…
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Report: Third National BDS Conference, Hebron, December 17
9 January 2012 | Palestinian BDS National Committee On 17 December 2011, Palestinians gathered in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank for the Third National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Conference. The event took place against the backdrop of continuous Israeli violations of Palestinian rights, and a growing resistance against injustice worldwide…
