• 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.…

  • “They’re the army. They’re always right”

    by Yifat Appelbaum, January 24th A. made some fried squash tonight at the office. He looked a little more serious than he usually looks. As we were eating, he told me a story. “Today I was at Qalandia,” he started, “Some army jeeps started going down the road towards Ramallah. And there were some kids.”…

  • 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:…

  • Haaretz: “Checkpoint comradeship”

    by Amira Hass, January 24th Anyone who wants to become acquainted with Israeli society should go to the checkpoints. Not for a quarter of an hour, under the guidance of commanders who will glory in the pavilion they built for the people waiting in line and will explain that the upgrading and the expansion of…

  • 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…