Category: Reports
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Apartheid expanding in Hebron
24 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement During Sunday 22nd May several streets were closed in the H1 area of Hebron for illegal settlers to walk through the city followed by approximately 50 soldiers. Meanwhile the shops in the Palestinian area were closed and Palestinians were prohibited from walking through the streets and entering through…
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Army builds fence around Izbat Al Tabib
23 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement This morning at about 9am the Israeli army entered the village of Izbat Al Tabib with construction vehicles and began to build a large barbed wire fence along the side of the village separating it from highway 55 which runs parallel. The International Solidarity Movement joined with men,…
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CPT: Israeli intelligence, backed by military, threatens villagers in At-Tuwani
23 May 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Teams – At-Tuwani At Tuwani, South Hebron Hills, West Bank – On Monday May 23, Israeli intelligence entered At-Tuwani, escorted by about fifteen soldiers. In the operation the Israeli military invaded a local leader’s house, demanded that villagers stop their nonviolent resistance and threatened violent retaliation if the Palestinians…
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Fire at field near Kiryat Arba, Hebron
22 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Thursday May 19 a part of the field of Abd al Kareim al Jabari in Western Hebron, where International Solidarity Movement activists have been present for the past ten days, was set on fire. Settler children started to throw stones at the ISM activists as soon as…
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On June 5th support the Palestinian refugees’ right to return
22 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement The right to return is a core goal of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Since 1947-1948, when over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes – and more than 700,000 were ethnically cleansed from their country altogether – they and their descendants have organized to demand the rectification…