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Tel Rumeida faces closure by Israeli forces
6th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On April 20th, Tel Rumeida’s Palestinian residents will face the acceleration of its near total isolation in the H-2, Israeli military controlled section of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Upon military order, Israeli forces announced the fortification of checkpoints and further land seizure, leading to a worsening of the ghettoization of the residential area which has been under incremental incursion by illegal Israeli settlement activity beginning…
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Israeli forces obstruct transport and installation of protective fence
6th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces on Tuesday evening, 4th April 2017, obstructed the transport of large materials by Palestinians on Shuhada Street in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Palestinians were carrying the large metal pieces first to Shuhada checkpoint, where just a few days before, Israeli forces extended their perimeter of control further into the H1 neighborhood supposedly under full Palestinian control. With no Palestinian vehicles whatsoever allowed,…
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Jayyous lands again under threat
5th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Residents from the West Bank village of Jayyous, east of Qalqilya, endured nightly raids by Israeli forces for a week straight in early April. Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas at resident’s homes, causing some villagers to be taken for treatment to Darwish Nazzal hospital for tear gas inhalation. Frustration has been rising among Palestinian farmers in the area as the Israeli military…



