Tag: Hebron

  • Aqaba: Family of 12 receives home demolition order

    By Sunny 28 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday, June 24 in Aqaba, Muhammed and Nassa Al-Jabba received a demolition order by Israeli authorities demanding that they evacuate the premises of their home within the next 3 days. The Al-Jabba family have not evacuated the home as it is the sole…

  • Susya: Entire village under threat of demolition, several hundred protest

    By Nina Larsson 22 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, June 22, several hundred Palestinians and solidarity activists gathered in Susya to demonstrate against the demolition orders imposed on them. Earlier this week, Israel issued orders threatening to demolish the entire the southern West Bank village of Susya. At least 5…

  • Hebron: three arrested in women’s march on Shuhada street

    By Nina Larsson 17 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On June 13th, 20 Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign women dressed in traditional Palestinian clothes attempted to walk the central street in the West Bank city of Hebron but were violently attacked and dispersed by the Israeli military. Six individuals were arrested; 3 international,…

  • Issa Amro, coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, arrested at border on way to speaking tour

    15 June 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Issa Amro, Coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, was stopped last night by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge. He was arrested and taken to Hebron police station, where he was interrogated for hours on suspicion of involvement in organizing the women’s action that took place in Hebron…

  • Hebron: gathering to commemorate Naksa Day

    By Sunny 4 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On June 5, 2012, Palestinians will gather in the streets of Al Khalil (Hebron) to memorialize Naksa Day.  ThisNaksa Day marks the 45th year of the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Israel, as a result of the 1967 war, leading to the displacement…