Tag: Hebron

  • IOF block access to Shuhada Street, defying court order

    by ISM Hebron, January 9th Local Palestinian residents were yesterday prevented from walking down Shuhada Street, which cuts through the centre of Hebron. This is despite a recent High Court Order ruling that the closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians for the past six years was a ‘mistake’ and their recent access to this street.…

  • Haaretz: “A six-year mistake”

    by Akiva Eldar, December 6th The story of Shuhada Street is in essence a microcosm of the story of the “easing of restrictions” in the West Bank. It illustrates the gap between the smiling promises the prime minister makes to the head of the Palestinian Authority, and the reality on the ground. It demonstrates how…

  • Human Rights Defenders targetted in Hebron again

    by ISM Hebron, December 31st An international Human Rights Worker (HRW) was arrested by the IDF in the Hebron district of Tel Rumeida at 1:40 p.m today. He was accompanying five Palestinian men along Shuhada Street in their attempt to exercise their right to walk past the Beit Hadassah setlement as stipulated in a recent…

  • Breakthrough for Palestinian Human Rights in Tel Rumeida

    by Sam, December 29th This morning at 10 a.m, three Palestinian residents of the Tel Rumeida District in Hebron accompanied by a handful of Israeli activists and media personnel as well as international volunteers successfully crossed an area off limits to Palestinians for the last six years. Tel Rumeida falls in the Occupation controlled H2…

  • IOF illegally detain international volunteers for four hours

    by ISM Hebron, December 26th Two international volunteers were illegally detained for over four hours this morning. They were performing a routine visit to Qurtuba School to accompany Palestinian schoolchildren, who face physical violence and harrassment from settler-colonists. The two volunteers, from South Africa and Spain, were accused of entering a house that was a…