December 29 | International Solidarity Movement | Al-Khalil Around 30,000 settlers gathered in Al- Khalil (Hebron) on Saturday, November 19, to celebrate Sarah’s Sabbath and wreaked havoc in the Old City market, attacking Palestinians and their shops, houses and destroying ...
Read More »About the legitimisation of the Palestinian oppression in Al Khalil (Hebron)
Personal reflections of a ISM activist about the settlers' violence and its related impunity in Al Khalil, West Bank. To which extent these people are allowed by the Israeli soldiers to transform a Palestinian city into their own amusement-park?
Read More »When holidays bring hate: Sarah’s Day in Occupied Hebron
For Palestinians living in Occupied Hebron, Sarah's Day, a major Jewish holiday, means an increase in violent attacks by illegal Israeli settlers.
Read More »Waiting at a checkpoint
An ISM activist writes about her experiences volunteering in Hebron (Al Khalil) during Netanyahu's visit to the city.
Read More »Telling old stories in a new way: Palestinian dabke
At the first annual Hebron Festival, an event organized by the Hebron Municipality to celebrate the culture and history of Palestinians in Hebron, students from across the West Bank put on a theatrical performance, telling of life and history in Palestine through a play combined with music and dabke.
Read More »Education under occupation
August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Whilst continuing my work with ISM this year, I spent four weeks working at the Hebron/al-Khalil office of Defence for Children International focussing on the way that the occupation has ...
Read More »Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and harass internationals, IOF arrest observers
August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday in Tel Rumeida, the afternoon before Eid, settlers attacked an elderly Palestinian couple as they walked home. International activists in the area attempted to document the abuse. The soldiers ...
Read More »Water Series: IOF destroy farmland east of Hebron – ISM speaks to owner Ghassan Jaber
July 30 2019 | International Solidarity Movement | Bit Arawa, occupied Palestine This is the first of a series of reports documenting the control and devastation of water sources by Israel as a tool of oppression. On Thursday ...
Read More »Settler tour exemplifies the difficult reality of occupation in the Old City of Hebron – a photo essay
July 7 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Every Saturday, illegal Jewish settlers from around the West Bank take a “tour” of the busy souq (market) in Old City of Hebron, the busiest market street in the area ...
Read More »A personal account of detention, racism and broken rules
May 8, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestine The neighborhood of Salaymeh next to Salaymeh checkpoint (160) has been the center of tensions between Palestinians and the Israelis in the city of Al-Khalil (Hebron). ...
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