Tag: Hebron

  • Olive Harvest in Hebron

    by ISM Hebron, October 14th Olive harvesting will begin in Hebron after Eid, the Muslim festival that marks the end of Ramadam (the month of fasting during daylight hours). Palestinians will face restrictions on access to their land and harassment from Israeli colonists from nearby settlements. Palestinians have been harassed in previous years by Israeli…

  • The Last Shabbat of Sukkot

    by ISM Hebron, 14th October At about 00:25, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) based in Tel Rumeida, Hebron heard the sound of a screaming baby on the street outside their flat. On looking outside, they saw a male adult settler carrying a baby down the street from the Tel Rumeida settlement and sit on a…

  • Tel Rumeida Diary: The Israeli Idea of “Quiet”

    by Mary, October 14th A young soldier told me that he didn’t care what anyone thought of him. He did not want peace, just quiet. He wanted quiet! And quiet he has, I suppose. He has no need to arrest anyone or shoot anyone. And that is the best a young conscript can hope for!…

  • Israeli Colonists Steal Palestinian olives in Tel Rumeida

    by ISM Hebron, October 13th For the duration of the week the streets of Tel Rumeida, close to the illegal Jewish-only colonies of Tel Rumeida and Beit Hadassah have been adorned with Israeli flags, slogans and orange ribbons (signifying support for the settler movement). On Monday over a thousand Israeli tourists descended on Tel Rumeida…

  • Israeli Soldiers Start to Use Checkpoint to Extort Money from a Palestinian Child

    by Tel Rumeida Project Tuesday, 10 October 2006 At approximately 2pm two Human Rights Workers (HRWs) at the top of Tel Rumeida Street noticed that a small group of Palestinian boys were talking to the soldiers stationed at the guard post there. Shortly afterwards, a Palestinian HRW arrived and asked the boys what the matter…