Tag: Hebron

  • Tension rises in Khalil during Sukkot celebrations

    21st September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Sukkot is a joyful festival in Judaism; however its impact upon day-to-day life in Khalil has only caused greater problems for the Palestinians. Many residents of Khalil have commented that it is during this holiday period every year where daily life in…

  • Two men seriously beaten while attempting to build a house in Tel Rumeida

    10th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday in Khalil, a number of Palestinians were transporting building material to a house in Tel Rumeida. By doing so, they were challenging the army by transporting the material using a tractor on the only remaining road to the house, one which…

  • Video – Sent to prison for playing with olives

    Video – Sent to prison for playing with olives

    12th August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, 11/08/2013, at approximately 4 o’clock in the afternoon, two activists from Youth Against Settlements (YAS) were arrested.  Twenty-one-year-old Abd AlMajeed Bassam Amro, and twenty-year-old Ali Talib Amro were playfully throwing olives at each other when an Israeli soldier came up…