Tag: Checkpoint

  • Tel Rumeida: International observers and Palestinians alike targeted by checkpoints

    by Alistair George 27 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank  The Israeli military is continuing to harass and intimidate Palestinians and international volunteers at checkpoints throughout Tel Rumeida, Hebron.  On 25 October 2011, around 7.15pm, a Palestinian woman was held at checkpoint56 inTel Rumeida for around an hour after refusing to pass through…

  • Day 6: DCO overrules Qordoba school

    18 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On 18th October 2011 teachers from Qordoba school stood in protest at checkpoint 56 for a sixth day of resistance against the increased ‘security’ measures imposed upon them by the Israeli occupying forces. In the past week this peaceful protest has been met with an alarmingly…

  • Hole in the wall at Qalandia checkpoint

    10 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On 9th July, a group of twenty Palestinians accompanied by twenty internationals, managed to cut through some fence near the checkpoint at Qalandia. The direct action was organised by Welcome to Palestine as part of the Week of Action in the West Bank. The action was…