Category: Press Releases
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Palestinians held hostage in their own homes by Israeli forces in al-Khalil (Hebron)
7th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On November 7th 2015, Israeli forces violently took over several homes of Palestinian families in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), trapping the families inside their own homes. Large parts of the city have been declared a ‘closed military zone’, preventing Palestinians from moving, while settlers…
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International human rights defenders arrested and evicted while “Hebron is becoming ghettoized”
4th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Two international human rights defenders were arrested in Hebron (al-Khalil) yesterday morning, November 3rd, while six others were ordered to leave an apartment in the H2 neighbourhood of Tel Rumeida by threat of arrest. The German and American nationals were arrested at…
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Video: Israeli forces executing wounded youth in Occupied Hebron
30th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine On October 29th Mahdi Mohtaseb was executed by Israeli forces at the Salaymeh (160) checkpoint, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old city of al-Khalil (Hebron). The 23-year-old from Jabal Johar, who was employed in a local sweets shop, was supposed to meet his…
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Palestinian residents of Hebron required to register in preparation for severe new restrictions
30th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Palestinians gather in the street to be registered in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood in occupied Hebron. It is being reported that the area will be closed off completely for people who are not residents of the area and who are not registered within…
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Young unarmed man murdered in cold blood in Hebron
28th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Wednesday 28th October at 3.25pm, Islam Rafiq Obeido, 23, was shot in cold blood in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron. Human rights observers from International Solidarity Movement witnessed the young man being murdered while walking in the street near…
