Category: Reports

  • Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians Continues in Jordan Valley

    by the ISM media team, January 25th On Tuesday 23rd January IOF bulldozers carried out the latest round of home demolitions in the Jordan Valley as part of the ongoing attempt to ethnically cleanse the valley of its indigenous inhabitants. Six Palestinian homes were destroyed in Al Jiftlik Village, and one home and a reservoir…

  • Soldier ‘attacked’ by HRWs in Hebron – soldier: “this is fun”

    by ISM Hebron, January 24th Today in Tel Rumeida, at around 1:45, two human rights workers (HRWs) were detained for supposedly attacking a soldier at the main Tel Rumeida checkpoint after the soldier became aggravated over a third HRW refusing to show her passport. The activists were all gathering to celebrate one of their birthdays.…

  • OCHA: South Hebron farmers to face difficult year in 2007

    from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2007 is set to be a particularly hard year for the Palestinian farmers of the South Hebron Hills, who have already had much of their land annexed by Israeli colonies and face frequent violence and harrassment from Israeli colonists and the IOF. OCHA states:…

  • Nine Year Old Boy Arrested for Chasing Ball in Hebron

    by ISM Hebron, January 23rd Today in Hebron a young boy, nine years old, from the Haded family was playing with his ball near the Jewish cemetery off Tel Rumeida Street when his ball rolled onto the cemetery grounds. Soldiers near the area saw the boy chase after his ball and decided this was an…

  • Residents demand freedom of movement at Tel Rumeida checkpoint

    by ISM Hebron, January 20th Today, at 13:00, internationals and local residents gathered at the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida, known as the 56 checkpoint, to protest against settler violence and the continued closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians. Children held signs in front of the checkpoint saying, “No to settlements. Yes to peace.”, “Freedom,…