Tag: Demonstration
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Ongoing sit-in protest at Shuhada Street checkpoint in Occupied Hebron
18th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine Today marks day 12 of an ongoing sit-in protest at check point 56 at the entrance to Shuhada Street and the Israeli occupied part of the city. The peaceful protest began on 7th January when a local woman, Wafa’ Sharabati, 38, was arrested…
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Photo story: newly expanded Shuhada checkpoint is even more difficult to traverse
January 6th 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine At the end of December Israeli forces re-opened the newly expanded Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). The checkpoint had been closed since December 7th, when Israeli forces had declared they would be conducting “renovations” for a then-unknown period of time. Officially known as Checkpoint 56,…
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14 Palestinians finally laid to rest in occupied al-Khalil
2nd January, 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine On the 2nd of January 2016, thousands attended the funeral of 14 martyrs in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). A demonstration following the funeral, against the continued killing of Palestinians with impunity by the Israeli military and Zionist settlers, was attacked by Israeli forces. The new year in the…
