Tag: Hebron
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Palestinian lawyers went on hunger strike in solidarity with Mohammed Allan and to protest against administrative detention
20th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team |Hebron, Occupied Palestine Last Tuesday Palestinian lawyers went on a hunger strike. Hatem Shahin, vice-president of the Palestinian Bar Association for lawyers, explains why thirteen of the Association’s members decided to take this radical step: “The main goals are to break the isolation of the Palestinian prisoners…
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Nightraids in the Souk: Israeli Soldiers Terrorize Old City of Hebron
3rd August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Al Khalil, Occupied Palestine At around 11:00 PM on the night of August 1st, a fire began in souk of Hebron’s Old City. The fire was coming from a building that overhangs into the souk from the illegal settlement of Beit Hadassah. The Israeli military…
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Journal: When walking becomes a crime
13th July 2015 | Peter Cunliffe | Al Khalil, Occupied Palestine Last night at around 11:30 PM, we received a call from one of our Palestinian neighbors about an incident that was unfolding outside our window. A group of five Israeli soldiers were guarding two Palestinian youth, who did not look to be older than…
