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Major clashes as hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with prisoners’ hunger strike
Clashes broke out yesterday in the centre of Hebron as a peaceful demonstration was met with heavy armed resistance from Israeli soldiers and border police. Demonstrators run from tear gas during today’s march in Hebron Hundreds gathered outside Hebron’s football stadium at 1pm before marching down Ein Sarah street towards Ibn Rushd square,…
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Teenager beaten and dragged off the street by soldiers in Hebron
17th May 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestine A Palestinian teenager was attacked in the street today by Israeli forces as he made his way through Hebron’s Old City. While talking with an NGO worker, the 18-year old was rushed by soldiers and beaten in broad daylight. Bleeding, he was…
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Palestinians denied passage for Friday prayer in Deir Istiya
6th May 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Deir Istiya, occupied Palestine Yesterday, 5th May, for the second week in a row , a group of Palestinians gathered in the olive groves, just outside Deir Istiya, district of Salfit, for their Friday prayer. Before the prayer even started, a group of Israeli soldiers denied…
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Two days of clashes in al-Khalil in connection with prisoners’ hunger strike
30th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestine Heavy clashes broke out during two consecutive days as Israeli forces stormed the Bab Al-Zawiah neighborhood in al-Khalil, attacking young Palestinians protesting in solidarity with the ongoing prisoners’ hunger strike. It resulted in multiple persons being injured, caused by live ammunition…
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Checkpoints for humiliation: a journal piece
4th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Earlier this month, an international woman was ordered to ‘take off her clothes’ after setting off the alarm whilst passing the metal detector at Shuhada checkpoint, occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). This is a personal journal of the events. Humiliation, harassment, intimidation – a…
