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As Israel steps up its demolition programme the EU logo gets lost in the rubble
27th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Umm al-Kheir, south Hebron, occupied Palestine The villagers of Umm Al Khair look out at the remains of their EU-funded community center that now lies as rubble. Villagers tell of it as a place where they watched football, did education trainings, community meetings and how it would soon become a kindergarten. The destruction has come as no surprise however, since this is the third set of…
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Control and ID-check of Palestinians
23th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine As a Palestinian you have to have your ID on you at all times, otherwise you may get detained or arrested. In Palestine they have 3 different kinds of ID. The green ID is for people who live in the West Bank. People who have this ID are not allowed to go to Gaza or Jerusalem. Then there is the green ID for…
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Security or humiliation?
20th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine People queuing up in lines at the checkpoint, a father with his wife, two toddlers and a baby in the arms. Trying to pass. A soldier yells at the mother who is carrying the baby to go back, “akhora. AKHORA!”, with a loud voice, as if he is in a battle. She gets scared. The man is trying to tell the soldiers that she is…



