Tag: Hebron
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Testimony from Detained Human Rights Defender
by Mary, December 18th There have been four occasions in the last two and a half months when the Israeli army and police have helped and encouraged Israeli settlers to trespass on Palestinian land. This is against Israeli law. The aim is probably to help Israeli settlers establish a bridgehead on Palestinian land so that…
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Forty settlers freely trespass Palestinian property, Australian human rights volunteer arrested
by ISM Hebron, December 17th At 11am, human rights workers in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron were alerted that 40 Israeli settlers, one of whom was armed, had invaded the Abu Haikal’s property and were having a picnic and campfire in their olive groves. The settlers were accompanied by 15 soldiers. The settlers and…
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Haaretz: “IDF told to dismantle small barrier hampering Palestinians”
by Amos Harel, December 14th The High Court of Justice on Thursday ordered the Israel Defense Forces to dismantle a small barrier that runs along 41 km in the southern West Bank, following a petition submitted by Palestinian residents and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. The 82 cm-high barrier was built along the…
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Postcards from the Edge
by Victoria Macchi, Skin Magazine Katie Miranda’s “postcards” create visual dispatches to the American people of life, death, and innocence demolished in Palestine Two young men, backs turned, wrists bound, heads hanging – paired with anger, a mouth stretched wide open in rage and spewing hate. “You are disgusting Arabs and you should be beaten…
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Amnesty International Secretary-General visits Tel Rumeida
Ma’an News: Amnesty International’s secretary-general visits Hebron, meets Old City family besieged by settlers December 7th, The secretary-general of Amnesty International is currently in the occupied Palestinian territories on a special tour to assess the human rights situation in light of the current situation. On Wednesday, the secretary-general, Irene Khan, visited the ancient holy city…