Category: Press Releases

  • Palestinian residents of Hebron required to register in preparation for severe new restrictions

    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…

  • Young unarmed man murdered in cold blood in Hebron

    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…

  • Settlers call for attacks on International human rights defenders in al-Khalil (Hebron)

    Settlers call for attacks on International human rights defenders in al-Khalil (Hebron)

    21st October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine ”These are not tourists. These are hostile anarchists. Soldiers and residents pay attention, the characters in these photos are here to harm Israelis for anti-semitic reasons. Act accordingly.” This message, written in Hebrew, was posted by a machine gun-wielding illegal Israeli…

  • Shoot First Don’t ask Questions Later

    Shoot First Don’t ask Questions Later

    20th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | West Bank, occupied Palestine A video posted on October 12th by Shehab news agency described as an attack on a Palestinian girl from Haifa in her twenties for allegedly trying to assault a taxi driver in Tel Aviv after an argument between them. The video shows a…

  • Settlers lay siege to Wadi Alhussein neighbourhood in Hebron (Al Khalil), Daana family under threat

    Settlers lay siege to Wadi Alhussein neighbourhood in Hebron (Al Khalil), Daana family under threat

    18th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine Sunday 18 October The Hebron (Al Khalil) neighbourhood of Wadi Alhussein is tonight, Sunday 18th October, under siege as armed settlers rampage through the streets with support of the Israeli forces. International human rights activists are currently standing in solidarity in…