Tag: Hebron

  • Extremist settlers hurl blocks at Hebron’s Old Market

    Extremist settlers hurl blocks at Hebron’s Old Market

    by Andrew Michaels 3 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Settlers from Avraham Avino  targeted Palestinians in the Old Souq in Hebron during the Saturday market on December 3rd 2011. At approximately 11 AM  Five unmasked settlers, aged around 20-30, threw concrete blocks down from a roof above the Old City at the…

  • Hebron: Zionist paraders harass Palestinians, 7 internationals detained

    Hebron: Zionist paraders harass Palestinians, 7 internationals detained

    by Alistair George and Ben Lorber 20 November 2011  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Over 1000 American and International Zionists joined 700 extremist settlers in Hebron this weekend to celebrate the reading of the Torah portion detailing Abraham’s biblical purchase of Hebron land, and to assert sovereignty over the Palestinian residents of Hebron. On…

  • Imneizil demolitions: “Hanging between the ground and the sky”

    Imneizil demolitions: “Hanging between the ground and the sky”

    by Jenna Bereld 18 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The solar panels in the village  of Imneizil, near Hebron, became effective almost two years ago,  improved the living conditions for about four hundred inhabitants in the village, but recently  residents learned that the Israeli army issued a demolition order for the solar…

  • Al Baqa’a: The struggle of a family in the shadow of illegal annexation

    Al Baqa’a: The struggle of a family in the shadow of illegal annexation

    by Alistair George 17 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “The Israelis hope that that the young people leave, the old people die, and then they can confiscate the land and the houses” says Sami, an activist working in Al Baqa’a, a windswept valley situated a few kilometers east of Hebron. The Jaber…

  • Girl detained: Israeli military escalates pressure at Hebron checkpoints

    Girl detained: Israeli military escalates pressure at Hebron checkpoints

    by Emma Evertsson 13 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On November 12 a young teenage girl was being detained at the main checkpoint in Hebron. When internationals were notified she had been detained for more than an hour without any obvious reason. The girl was on her way home with a friend…