Tag: Hebron
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Israeli forces kill seventeen year old as Hebron demonstrates in solidarity with Gaza
Israeli soldiers killed a 17 year old Palestinian youth and injured around 20 others on Friday during a demonstration in the H-2 (Israeli-controlled) Abu Sneineh neighborhood of Hebron. The Israeli soldiers opened fire on the crowd assembling near the Wasaya Rasol mosque before the demonstration had even begun. A large barrage of tear gas dispersed…
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In the Shadow of Gaza
By Tara While the world watches in horror as the death toll in Gaza continues to rise, in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army is taking the opportunity to unleash a level of deadly force, in the knowledge that, under the shadow cast by their war on Gaza, these atrocities will go unseen by…
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Israeli army critically injures Palestinian as Hebron continues demonstrations for Gaza
28th December 2008, Hebron On Sunday 28th December at mid-day, the people of Hebron continued their demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza. Around 300 participants gathered in Ain Sara and walked in the direction of the city centre and the old market. When the demonstration reached the old city, Israeli soldiers started shooting live ammunition from…
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Hebron solidarity demonstration with Gaza
27th December 2008 Students from Hebron University gathered at 11:45 Saturday in a spontaneous march in show of sympathy and solidarity with the people of Gaza. When they reached the Manara many more people joined the demonstration, mainly from Al-Quds Open University and the Polytechnic University. Around 500 demonstrators were carrying banners asking for an…
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Soldiers attack international HRWs in Hebron
On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 at 10:40pm, three international human rights workers (HRW’s)were assaulted by a group of six soldiers on the roadway after the Jewish cemetary in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron. The HRW’s had just returned from celebrating Christmas Eve in Bethlehem and had been denied entry through Checkpoint 56 to the…