Tag: Hebron
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Hebron: “We have been waiting over 60 years for this”
21 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Atta and Rudaina Jeber’s farm is situated upon a hill. The area is called Sheik Sherah, in the Beca’a Valley in the outskirts of Hebron, or Al-Khalil. Atta’s family has owned the land since the Ottoman Empire was in power, and he explains that he…
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Fathers speak on the mass arrests in Hebron
15 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday the 21st of August the Israeli army carried out arrests in al Khalil (Hebron) on a scale not seen since 2003. Around 120-200 people were kidnapped from their homes in pre-dawn raids and following the release of some, the final number in Israeli custody…
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Broken wrists and arrests by Israeli military as farmers cultivate Beit Ummar
10 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Supporting Palestinian farmers in Beit Ummar, international activists joined the weekly Saturday activities–clearing the land for cultivation despite the harrassment of Israeli military and illegal settlers, which resulted in the injury of a Palestinian man and the arrest of a British national, Jude Wells. At 9…