Tag: Hebron

  • CPT: Masked Israeli settlers chase schoolchildren, give directions to Border Police

    8 February 2011 | Operation Dove & Christian Peacemaker Team On the afternoon of 7 February 2011, three Israeli settlers from Havat Ma’on outpost chased a group of 12 Palestinian schoolchildren who were walking home from school. The Israeli military had failed to arrive to escort the schoolchildren, forcing the children to take a longer…

  • Two youths detained in Hebron

    5 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement A 14-year old boy was arrested at a checkpoint in Hebron on Friday morning. His family have contacted the Israeli authorities, but have received no answer as to his whereabouts. The following day, his cousin was detained at the same checkpoint, apparently for calling someone German. The Palestinian…

  • A Normal Day in the Lives of My Palestinian Neighbors

    Paulette S. | Christian Peacemaker Team Our neighbor Haniya shrugged her shoulders as she spoke in a disheartened way: “This is all normal for us now. What can we do anyway?” Yet, when I see armed Israeli soldiers on the rooftops, and when I witness Palestinians going through checkpoints to go to the Mosque, I…