Category: Reports
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Another daughter of Palestine killed in cold blood
26th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday afternoon, Dania Arsheid, 17, was gunned down in cold blood and killed by Israeli forces in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Dania was still wearing her school-uniform and school-bag, coming from school in the afternoon. Just twenty minutes before the incident, at a checkpoint leading to…
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Israeli settlers trespass & attempt to enter the home of international human rights workers
26th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On October 25th, around 2am, strange noises could be heard through the window of an apartment in Tel Rumeida where nine international human rights activists are currently living. Upon further inspection, four adult male settlers were identified, trespassing on the property. In…
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Portrait with Fire: Khader Adnan
24th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Anata, occupied Palestine “Some people think being jailed is a destiny. I say freedom is a destiny.” In Heather Christle’s stirring poem, Self Portrait with Fire, bending to conceal flaming legs, (s)he sets the grass on fire. On this day, sitting with Khader Adnan, Palestinian…
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Soldiers and illegal settlers invade Huwarra, assault business owner
22nd October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | West Bank, occupied Palestine At 8pm on Thursday, October 22, an armed illegal settler and a group of Israeli soldiers searched a garage in Huwwarah and assaulted the owner and other Palestinians present, causing visible injuries. They were searching for a youth who allegedly threw…
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Increasing harassment and direct threats of Palestinians and internationals in al-Khalil
22nd October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Today in the morning, Israeli forces harassed international human rights observers monitoring a checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) on settlers orders. Two internationals were monitoring the stairs leading up to two schools from segregated Shuhada street. Palestinians are forced to take the…
