Category: Reports
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10-year-old boy attacked and arrested for playing in the snow
22nd February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On the afternoon of the 21st of February Saleh Abu Shamsiya, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy, was attacked by settler youth in the Al-Khalil (Hebron) neighborhood of Tel Rumeida. Saleh’s father and activist with the group Human Rights Defenders Imad Abu Shamsiya reported that the settlers, who looked around 18-19 years old, surrounded his son while…
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Israeli settlers cut 36 olive trees in the South Hebron Hills
22nd February 2015 | Operation Dove | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine On the morning of February 20, Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills awoke to find that 36 olive trees had been cut or seriously damaged during the night, probably by Israeli settlers. The 25 year-old trees, owned by the Hushiy family from Yatta, were located near the village…
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Open Shuhada Street, demand Palestinian demonstrators
21th February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On February 20, Israel forces threw at least thirty stun grenades and ten tear gas grenades at a peaceful Palestinian protest. Residents of occupied Hebron (Al-Khalil) were demonstrating against the closure of Shuhada Street, a former economic centre in Al-Khalil. The street, running through the middle of…
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Demonstration in Bil’in honoring slain US citizens faces attacks and arrests by Israeli forces
17 February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine On Friday 13th February, Israeli forces assaulted the demonstration in Bil’in with hundreds of tear gas rounds, dozens of stun grenades and pepper spray, injuring eleven Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators. Member of the Bil’in popular committee Mohammed Khatib and a UK citizen and solidarity…
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UPDATED: ISM honors Kayla Mueller
9th February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine Update 10th February 2015: Today, 10th February, Kayla Mueller’s family confirmed she has been killed. Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the popular committee in the village of Bil’in where Kayla joined the protests, told ISM: “Kayla came to Palestine to stand in solidarity with us. She marched with…
