Tag: Demolition

  • Protest march and bike ride in South Hebron Hills firing zone [Update: Video added]

    Protest march and bike ride in South Hebron Hills firing zone [Update: Video added]

    by Team Khalil 8 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Close to one hundred protesters marched and rode bicycles in a peaceful march through several villages in South Hebron Hills on Saturday 8 December. The purpose of the symbolic protest was to draw attention to and oppose the eviction orders issued to eight…

  • Israeli army demolishes mosque in al Mufaqarah, South Hebron Hills

    Israeli army demolishes mosque in al Mufaqarah, South Hebron Hills

    4 December 2012 | Operation Dove At-Tuwani – On Tuesday 4 December at 6.30 am, two bulldozers together with a Border Police vehicle, four District Coordination Office (DCO) vehicles and five Israeli army vehicles arrived to the Palestinian village of al Mufaqarah, and demolished the mosque. The mosque was already demolished by the Israeli army…

  • Tent demolition in Susiya, South Hebron Hills

    Tent demolition in Susiya, South Hebron Hills

    by Wyatt Black 1 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the morning of November 28th, numerous soldiers came to the village of Susiya in the South Hebron Hills, unannounced from the nearby settlement, which is also called Susiya. The army jeeps and construction equipment came rolling in around eight o’clock and quickly…

  • al-Mufaqarah Resists

    al-Mufaqarah Resists

    09 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At one in the afternoon on Monday, the 8th of October, we received a call in Arabic: “We have big problems. Can you come?” Two calls later and we were on our way. We reached al-Tawani in a service taxi. Along with two volunteers from Operation…

  • Ultimate goal of Israeli policies in Hebron: ethnic cleansing

    By Markus Fitzgerald 28 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement Just below the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, situated on the the eastern outskirts of Al Khalil (Hebron) is the Palestinian area of ar-Ras. A quick online search of the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba provides general knowledge on the founding history and how it…