Category: Hebron

  • Assaults and home invasions in Qeitun

    Assaults and home invasions in Qeitun

    11th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This evening, at approximately 19:00, Israeli soldiers broke into several Palestinian family’s homes in the Qeitun region of al-Khalil, following clashes with local youth, which began an hour earlier. The soldiers’ broke into the first home, only speaking in Hebrew, they then beat the father of…

  • Israeli police raids the village of Iqrit

    Israeli police raids the village of Iqrit

    9th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Iqrit, Occupied Palestine Yesterday morning on the 8th June, Israeli police forces raided the village of Iqrit (located on the northern tip of Israel, within eyesight of Lebanon). The police uprooted trees, destroyed and confiscated all the personal belongings of Palestinian activists present in the village. Furthermore…

  • The Roman tree

    The Roman tree

    7th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine At approximately 1:00 pm on June 4th, a burning olive tree was located in the vicinity of Tel Rumeida, al-Khalil (Hebron). The Palestinian firefighters extinguished the fire with no assistance from the occupying Israeli military. As an occupying state, Israel is legally responsible for…

  • Prisoner solidarity in Hebron

    Prisoner solidarity in Hebron

    7th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Since the Palestinian prisoners began their hunger strike, there has been a protest each week in al-Khalil (Hebron). The majority of these demonstrations have been in the H1 area (under Palestinian Authority civil and security control), not directly against the Israeli military. However, On…

  • No Jews allowed

    No Jews allowed

    5th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, Occupied Palestine My plan for the morning was pretty simple, I wanted to enter the souq (market) and buy some bread for breakfast, and then walk home. That was it. As I made my way towards the souq entrance I was stopped by two Israeli border police…