21st October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine On October 21st, Human Rights Defender Abdallah Abu Rahma was found guilty by an Israeli military court of “disturbing a soldier”. “Demonstrating against the occupation cannot be a criminal offence. Finding ...
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Stories from Burin during the olive harvest
15th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, Occupied Palestine On Monday, three Palestinians were picking olives in Burin. Their field was in a very exposed area, right between an illegal settlement, a military checkpoint, and a security detention centre. A ...
Read More »VIDEO: Israeli forces use violence against unarmed demonstrators attempting to plant olive sapplings in Wadi Foukeen
26th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Wadi Foukeen, Occupied Palestine Wadi Foukeen is a Palestinian village just west of Bethlehem with a population of approximately 1,250 people. A weekly Friday demonstration has been organized by the village ...
Read More »Israeli settlers attacked internationals and a Palestinian shepherd
15th September | Operation Dove | At Tuwani On September 14th, two Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd and two international near the Israeli outpost of Mitzpe Yair, in the South Hebron Hills area. During the aggression, the settlers stole ...
Read More »Injured and forced to walk
27th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine It was a warm Saturday night in late August in al-Khalil (Hebron). For the Palestinian children school was starting the next day, and a feeling of anticipation and excitement ...
Read More »Resistance and tear gas
21st August 2014 | Saeeda Al-Rashid | Occupied Palestine It’s late May [2013], and the air is stifling. Heat sizzles from the pavement, and Khalili youth, though well-adapted to these conditions, can be seen wiping sweat from their brows as they trek home from ...
Read More »Israeli forces demolish structures in South Hebron Hills
20th June 2014 | Operation Dove | Khallet Forem, Occupied Palestine On June 18th, the Israeli army, along with border police officers and DCO (District Coordination Office) officers entered in the Palestinian village of Khallet Forem, in South Hebron Hills, and demolished seven houses, a ...
Read More »No Jews allowed
5th June 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, Occupied Palestine My plan for the morning was pretty simple, I wanted to enter the souq (market) and buy some bread for breakfast, and then walk home. That was it. As I ...
Read More »A Palestinian story of resistance: The Abu Haikal family
31th May 2014 | Christian Peacemakers Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine With only a sliver of their land left to protect, having their entire lot of land encircled by Israeli settlements, Faryel and Arwa Abu Haikal climbed over a pile of rubble ...
Read More »Four Palestinian 12-14 years old girls detained after settlers accused them of stealing cherries
29th May 2014 | Operation Dove | At-Tuwani, Occupied Palestine On May 27th, four Palestinian 12-14 years old girls from the South Hebron hills villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed were arrested by the Israeli police on the charge of theft of ...
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