Tag: Gilbert Checkpoint
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“If your students want an education…” – Right to education violable under occupation?
2nd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Thursday morning Israeli forces detained Palestinian teachers and students from Qurtuba school for over two hours at Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) without reason and despite the fact that students and teachers always have to pass the checkpoint to reach school. Israeli…
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Photo story: Gilbert checkpoint impeding Palestinian daily life (January 2017)
31st January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine In the old city of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), Palestinians’ freedom of movement is impeded by a large number of Israeli checkpoints. In the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, many school-children and teachers are forced to pass at least one, often more, checkpoint daily on…
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Tel Rumeida: Child settler violence through the lenses of an international activist
by Sunny 5 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A group of approximately 10 to 15 soldiers displayed their ineptitude in dealing with a group of rowdy settler children, roughly between the ages of 8 to 14, who were attemptng to enter Tel Rumeida. It was an embarrassing episode for the Israeli occupation…
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Video: Illegal settlers in Al Khalil attack Palestinian student
by Satu 19 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday 18th of March, an 18-year old Palestinian student, Mustafa Abu Salime, got attacked by settlers between Checkpoints 56 and Gilbert. Mustafa passed the Gilbert checkpoint on his way to visit his friends. He saw three settlers talking to a soldier. Few meters down…