Tag: Al Khalil

  • Remembering Balfour under Apartheid

    Remembering Balfour under Apartheid

    6th November 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday in al Khalil (Hebron) the Palestinian group Youth Against Settlements held an event to mark the 100th years anniversary of The Balfour Declaration. The Balfour Declaration is viewed as a foundational document of the Israeli states ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Despite…

  • Palestinian Activist Detained In Hebron

    Palestinian Activist Detained In Hebron

    A 22 year old Palestinian activist was detained in al-Khalil this morning. He was held and interrogated for thirty minutes, before being escorted through the Shuhada Street checkpoint. He was released after another half hour with no charge, but was told that Israeli forces would raid his house if they found he was linked to the…

  • Soldiers detain 12-year old child in al-Khalil [VIDEO]

    Soldiers detain 12-year old child in al-Khalil [VIDEO]

    A 12-year old Palestinian boy was detained by Israeli armed forces this afternoon in Hebron’s Bab al-Baladiyya military base. The boy was apparently targeted by the soldiers, who were interrogating passers-by on his whereabouts. When he was identified, the heavily-armed soldiers quickly surrounded the boy and his father before forcing them into the military base.…

  • 14-year old detained in al-Khalil as tensions run high

    14-year old detained in al-Khalil as tensions run high

    A 14-year old Palestinian boy was detained yesterday afternoon as Israeli forces conducted a search in Hebron’s Old City. The boy was riding his bike when four heavily armed soldiers began interrogating him. Shortly after, he was taken to Bab al-Baladiyya military base. Prior to the search, soldiers had stopped several men outside the base.…

  • Major clashes as hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with prisoners’ hunger strike

    Major clashes as hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with prisoners’ hunger strike

    Clashes broke out yesterday in the centre of Hebron as a peaceful demonstration was met with heavy armed resistance from Israeli soldiers and border police.    Demonstrators run from tear gas during today’s march in Hebron   Hundreds gathered outside Hebron’s football stadium at 1pm before marching down Ein Sarah street towards Ibn Rushd square,…