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Child arrests continue in Hebron
20th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine UPDATE: Child arrests in Hebron continue today as a 15 year old Palestinian boy, Az Dweik, was arrested in the morning. He was allegedly carrying a knife around the Ibrahimi mosque and taken to the Kiryat Arba police station. The Israeli authorities regularly falsely accuse children and adults in Hebron of carrying weapons as a pretext to arrest or detain them (including tragically in the case…
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Settlers harass Palestinian residents of Hebron as soldiers watch on
20th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil Hashem Al-Azzeh, activist and resident of Tel Rumeida (a neighbourhood in Israeli-controlled H2 Hebron) was today attacked by Israeli settlers who broke into his brother’s house and attempted to force their way through his garden. Hashem caught the settlers leaving the house at around 11am, and when he questioned them about their presence on his premises, they replied that God had given them…
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Arrest and abuse of ill 16-year old in Urif
21st April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Urif, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus An innocent 16-year-old boy was abused and arrested on Tuesday April 16th in Urif, despite his grandfather and uncle rushing to show documents that he is seeking medical attention for a possible cancer diagnosis. He was wrongfully accused of stone-throwing as he was leaving his uncle’s home. Twelve soldiers had arrived in the village at around noon and were forcefully entering houses and…
