Tag: Hebron

  • Hebron school demonstrates for third day: “Without teachers there is no school”

    Hebron school demonstrates for third day: “Without teachers there is no school”

    13 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank For the third morning children and teachers from Qordoba Scool gathered on the H1 side of Checkpoint 56 at 7.30am. The children, with the support of their teachers and the Director of Education in Hebron, Nisreen Amro, peacefully protested against heightened “security measures” that were introduced…

  • Teachers in Hebron give lessons at Checkpoint 56

    Teachers in Hebron give lessons at Checkpoint 56

    12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank This morning the pupils and teachers from Qutuba School protested against the treatment of teachers at checkpoint 56. When, for the second day running, the teachers were not allowed to use the checkpoint gate that they usually use, they refused to pass through. In response at…

  • In Photos: Palestinians unite to support prisoner hunger strike

    In Photos: Palestinians unite to support prisoner hunger strike

    12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank and Gaza On Tuesday the 27th of September, an open-ended hunger strike was initiated until the fulfillment of 9 demands by Palestinian prisoners, which include the right to family visits, end to the use of isolation as a punishment against detainees, and profiteering of Israeli prisons from…