Tag: Hebron

  • Stories from Al Arroub refugee camp

    Stories from Al Arroub refugee camp

    28th March 2015 | International Women’s Peace Service | Al Arroub refugee camp, Occupied Palestine Situated along the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, across the street from a University, sits the heavily fenced and concrete blockaded main entrance to Al Arroub Palestinian refugee camp. Taysir, a 39 year old former prisoner of the Israeli government and resident of the camp,…

  • Continuing harassment of activists in Palestine

    Continuing harassment of activists in Palestine

    Occupied Al Khalil (Hebron), West Bank On an almost daily basis Israeli forces in Al Khalil harass and arrest local and international human rights activists as they try to do their tasks. The activists document violence towards Palestinians and act as a protective presence around children who are on their way to school. The volunteers’ feel…

  • Israeli forces raid yet another family’s home in Tel Rumeida

    Israeli forces raid yet another family’s home in Tel Rumeida

    11th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday on the 10th of March around 1 AM in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli occupation forces raided the home of human rights activist Imad Abu Shamsiya and his family. The soldiers turned the house upside-down; the family watched as soldiers broke one of their cameras and stole…