Tag: Hebron

  • Palestinian farmers and internationals prevented from working their land by Israeli army

    15th May 2009 On the morning of the 15th, a group of international and Israelis helped the al-Jabari family to clear their lands in readiness for planting a new crop.  The al-Jabari family’s land is located between the two illegal Israeli settlements of Kiryat Arba and Giv’at HaAvot in the Hebron district of the southern…

  • Palestinians protest land confiscation in Hebron

    9 May 2009 The Youth Against Settlements group, with participation from international and Israeli solidarity activists, organized a protest in Bwaireh north east of Hebron on Friday. The protesters built a small booth in response to the recent construction of a settler outpost. A month ago, local settlers created a structure to de facto annex…

  • Israeli soldiers break Hebron resident’s arm, enter two shops

    4 May 2009 On Monday, the 4th of May, a Hebron resident’s arm was broken by two soldiers in the old city.  49-year-old Mohammad Hashem Borqan was on his way to pray at the Ibrahimi Mosque at around 5:30am.  As he went through the checkpoint at the entrance to the mosque, two soldiers started beating…