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Peaceful painting-activity met with violence by Israeli army
21st February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Sunday the 21st of February, the people of Hebron along with fellow activists gathered for part of a week long campaign against occupying Israel to show solidarity and oppose the closure of Shuhada Street to the Palestinian people. Shuhada Street has been closed to Palestinians since 1994 after Baruch Goldstein, a zionist extremist, entered Ibrahimi Mosque and opened fire with a machine…
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Israeli forces use excessive violence on peaceful demonstration in Hebron
20th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 20th February 2016, the Hebron Defence Committee, the Human Rights Defenders Group and other popular struggle committees organised a demonstration under the motto ‘Dismantle the Ghetto, take the settlers out of Hebron’ in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Israeli forces attacked the peaceful demonstration with stun grenades and arrested several activists. The demonstration started after the noon-prayer at Ali Bakr mosque and peacefully marched…
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Youth Against Settlements holds press conference in front of Shuhada Street checkpoint to announce 2016 Open Shuhada Street campaign
20th February 2016 | Youth Against Settlements | Hebron, occupied Palestine Youth Against Settlements held a press conference in front of the Shuhada Street checkpoint to announce the beginning of the Open Shuhada Street Campaign. Over a hundred people attended. Palestinian TV, AL-Quds TV, and other local and international media organizations were present. Youth Against Settlements welcomed everyone from Palestine and abroad to take part in the annual Open Shuhada Street events and demonstrations between 21…



