Tag: Denial of Entry
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Israeli forces shoot at and arrest 14-year old boy in Hebron
26th June 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine A fourteen year old Palestinian boy was shot at by settlers and soldiers before being arrested on the 25th June at 4:00 pm outside Bab al-Baladiya, the military base overlooking the old city in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Sources are unclear as to…
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Palestinians celebrating Eid in a ‘closed military zone’
26th June 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine As anywhere all over the world, Palestinian Muslims are celebrating the end of the fasting-month Ramadan with the 3-day feast of Eid. Eid usually is a joyous occasion, everyone dresses up nicely and the most important activity is visiting family. For Palestinians…
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Tel Rumeida faces closure by Israeli forces
6th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On April 20th, Tel Rumeida’s Palestinian residents will face the acceleration of its near total isolation in the H-2, Israeli military controlled section of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Upon military order, Israeli forces announced the fortification of checkpoints and further land seizure, leading to…
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Jayyous lands again under threat
5th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Residents from the West Bank village of Jayyous, east of Qalqilya, endured nightly raids by Israeli forces for a week straight in early April. Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas at resident’s homes, causing some villagers to be taken for treatment to…
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Wadi Qana’s Palestinian farmers endure another mass tree uprooting
5th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Just days after Palestinians commemorated Land Day, a day which marks the struggle against the Israeli government’s expropriation of Palestinian land, farmers of Wadi Qana endured another mass uprooting and theft of their trees. Speaking from his home in the Salfit district…