by Silvia 21 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Five years ago Abed Seder’s wife, Kefah, was shot five times in the chest by Israeli soldiers as she went onto her roof to check her water tank. She ...
Read More »The massacre of 1929 and the War of Narratives
by Aaron 21 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank If you ask an Israeli settler in or around Al-Khalil (Hebron) what calls them to live on contested land, most will speak to a religious connection to the city ...
Read More »Closed shops, empty pockets: Israel’s policy of economic strangulation in Hebron
by Paige L 20 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Walking down Shuhada Street in occupied Hebron (al-Khalil) is an eerie experience even during peek commercial hours in the rest of the city. Nearly empty streets are framed ...
Read More »Idhna: Tent replaces home as local resists illegal Israeli land confiscations
by Sylvia 16 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Idhna has suffered considerably since the Israeli occupation, particularly due to the construction of the segregation wall and some 3,000 dunums of land which has been stolen since the ...
Read More »South Hebron Hills: IDF demolition in Saadet Tha’lah and Ar Rakeez
16 February 2012 | Operation Dove At-Tuwani – On February 15th 2012, the Israeli Army demolished five buildings in the Palestinian village of Saadet Tha’lah and destroyed a water tank and tore down 50 trees in the Palestinian village of ...
Read More »Golani Brigade Report: Incidences in which Golani soldiers arbitrarily detained Palestinians and/or denied them access to roads or walkways.
14 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement and Christian Peacemaker Teams Since the arrival of the Golani Brigade in Hebron on December 27th, international accompaniment organizations (Christian Peacemaker Teams, International Solidarity Movement, and others) have documented an increase in the number ...
Read More »Al Ma’asara: House on the seam of looming Apartheid Wall becomes center for peaceful resistance
by Aaron 14 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank There is a place where a ground-level concrete line runs beside a country road through olive orchards, grape vines, blossoming almond trees, and homes—all Palestinian. This is the projected ...
Read More »Golani Brigade Report: Incidences involving the detention, intimidation, abuse, or arrest of children and youth.
13 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement and Christian Peacemaker Teams Since the arrival of the Golani Brigade in Hebron on December 27th, international accompaniment organizations (Christian Peacemaker Teams, International Solidarity Movement, and others) have documented an increase in the ...
Read More »“It’s Hevron. It’s very dangerous” warn occupation forces in Al Buwayra
by Pascaline 12 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday 12 February, about 200 settlers, mainly youth, gathered at the bottom of Assima settlement in Al Buwayra to cultivate and steal Palestinian land with accompaniment by the ...
Read More »Meitar Checkpoint: Women demand an end to strip-searching by Israeli military and prison administration
12 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A demonstration was held Sunday, February 12th at the Meitar checkpoint north of Beer Sheba in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in the Naqab (Negev) region as well as their family members ...
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