Tag: Hebron

  • Masked settlers beat three Palestinian children, shoot at Palestinian shepherds for the second time in ten days

    Christian Peacemaker Teams 5 April, 2009 Juwayya, South Hebron Hills, West Bank [Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law.] At 4:00 pm, Israeli soldiers…

  • Land Day demonstration in Halhul, Hebron district

    At mid day on the 4th of April, around forty Palestinians from Halhul and the surrounding villages set off to cultivate land near the illegal settlement of Karmi Zur.  Halhul is a village in the Hebron district of the southern West Bank.  Demonstrators were also joined by Israeli and international solidarity activists. The protestors headed…

  • CPT: Palestinian shepherds resist settler violence and disruption

    Christian Peacemaker Teams 29 March 2009 In three recent incidents Palestinian shepherds asserted their right to graze their sheep on their own land, despite Israeli settlers’ attempts to intimidate the Palestinians and disrupt their agricultural work. Palestinians in the South Hebron hills have responded to recent violence and incursions on their lands with a law…