Category: Hebron
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Remembering the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre
25th of February, 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine Today, February 25th marks the 23rd commemoration of the Ibrahim Mosque Massacre in Hebron. “On February 25 1994, a US-born Israeli military physician walked into the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron armed with a Galil assault rifle. It was early morning during the holy month of…
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Sumud: Palestinian for endurance
22nd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine As a second time ISMer I write a blog for friends and supporters back home (at salamfrombetty.tumblr.com if you would like to follow). I asked for questions from my readership and I got this from my friend Rachel: How are you coping…
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Khalil children: a candlelit vigil for the 1994 massacre
20th February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On February 19th children from al Khalil came together at dusk in the old city to light candles to commemorate the 29 Palestinian men who died in the massacre at the Ibrahimi mosque here in al Khalil in 1994. They sang…
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Non-violent action in al-tuwani
17th of February, 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine Saturday 4th a group of villagers from Al Towani, South Hebron Hills, held a non-violent demonstration against settler violence and illegal settlement expansion, which affects their village. This non-violent demonstration was met with harassment from residents of the illegal out-post…
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Israeli forces are solidifying their grip on Hebron
17th February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On February the 3rd 2017, a new permanent stone checkpoint in front of the Ibrahimi mosque in occupied Hebron, was brought into use. The checkpoint, which has been under construction since July 2016, was thus inaugurated just one month before the 23rd…
