Category: In the Media
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Banksy and the Walled Off Hotel: a personal view
13th March 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Over the last weeks there has been a lot of noise about Banksy (a street artist from the UK, now darling of the art world) and his new hotel in Bethlehem. Initially the vast majority of news articles seemed to glow with…
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Elor Azaria verdict: a personal view
22nd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team, | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday the Israeli soldier Elor Azaria was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the extra-judicial killing of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, which happened last year in Hebron. Everybody in Hebron was waiting for the sentence. Everybody knew by one o’clock what it was.…
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Bring Shadi home!
16th October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Firefund | illegally annexed East Jerusalem, occupied Palestine Shadi and his friend Ahmad were arrested at a bus stop in Jerusalem. A group of East Jerusalem illegal settlers called police to investigate the two boys, on suspicion of being Palestinian. In the ensuing process of arrest, interrogation, and…
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No matter who wins the US Presidential election, Palestine has already lost
3rd October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine One week ago, the United States and much of the world turned on their televisions to tune into the 2016 Presidential debate. Advertised as the most anticipated debate in a generation, millions watched as Democrat Hillary Clinton sparred off against Republican Donald…
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Two Palestinians killed and several injured in Hebron
16th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine After a peaceful Eid holiday, violence surged in occupied Hebron today. Earlier today Israeli forces shot and killed Moussa Mohammed Khaddour, 18 and injured his fiancé Raghad Abdullah Abdullah Khaddour. The couple allegedly tried to ram settlers from the illegal israeli settlement…
