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Tel Rumeida: Breaking and Entering Palestinian Homes
By The ISM Media Team On June 22nd, 2007 at about 6:30 pm two international human rights workers were walking up the stone staircase past the graffittied house on which is written “Watch out Fatima will rape all Arab Woman,” signed by JDL (Jewish Defense League). The HRWs noticed that the gate door had been…
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Tel Rumeida: Fear of Settlers Prompts Palestinians to ask for Escorts
By the ISM Media Team Saturday 23rd June: At about 12:30 pm three Human Rights Workers (HRWs) were patrolling through the Olive Groves when they discovered a group of soldiers bathing at Abrahams Well located next to a Palestinian home. They watched the soldiers briefly until a Palestinian woman and her young son appeared in…
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Tel Rumeida: Naked Soldiers
By the ISM Media Team As Human Rights Workers undertake patrols through the Olive Groves of Tel Rumeida, it is common to see Settlers bathing at the Ibrahimi Well, which the Settlers consider a religious location. The well is located within the Olive Groves next door to a Palestinian home and is also beside a…
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Tel Rumeida: Children Detained for Possession of a Butter Knife
By the ISM Media Team Monday June 18th, 2007 At 2:45pm two international human rights workers were walking down the hill from the olive groves, toward the top of Tel Rumeida hill, when some local Palestinian children told the HRWs that some Palestinian boys were in trouble with police down the street. The HRWs went…
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Tel Rumeida: Prolonged Detention by Soldiers
By The ISM Media Team Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:30—9 pm A 21-year old Palestinian male was detained at the Tel Rumeida Hill at 6:30 p.m. for not having his Palestinian id (hawiya). He told the soldiers that he forgot it at home. The detainee’s brother was told to go home by the soldiers to…