Category: Hebron

  • Interview with 15-year-old Awne Shamsiyeh: “the camera is like a weapon, so I can resist non-violently”

    Interview with 15-year-old Awne Shamsiyeh: “the camera is like a weapon, so I can resist non-violently”

    29th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Tel Rumeida, Occupied Palestine In Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the Tel Rumeida area, 15-year old Awne Shamsiyeh lives with his family. After the Hebron Agreement (1997), the city was divided into two areas, H1 (supposedly under full Palestinian Authority civil and security control) and H2, (under full Israeli military civil…

  • VIDEO: Palestinian shepherd detained by Israeli soldiers

    VIDEO: Palestinian shepherd detained by Israeli soldiers

    29th June 2014 | Operation Dove | Saddith Thala, Occupied Palestine On June 27th, Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian shepherd from the South Hebron Hills village of Saddith Thala. He was accused of throwing stones towards a setter’s car, passing on the Bypass road 317. He was released, as there was no evidence to support the charges. A…

  • Pressure on Firing Zone 918 residents continues

    Pressure on Firing Zone 918 residents continues

    24nd June 2014 | Christian Peacemaker Teams | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine On 15 May 2014, Israeli courts extended the mediation process between the Israeli army and the villages within Firing Zone 918 for another three months.  The Israeli army wants to use this area for training.  Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organizations have condemned…