Tag: Hebron

  • Kiryat Arba: Confrontation with Diplomats and Activists

    by Ali Waked and Efrat Weiss This is a translation from Hebrew of an article appearing in YNet A group of settlers verbally attacked diplomats of the EU and Israeli activists of the organization “Breaking the Silence” this morning (Wednesday) in Kiryat Arba, during one of the tours the organization holds weekly in the Westbank…

  • Days in the life around the Tel Rumeida settlers in Hebron

    By Linus These last few days around the illegal settlement of Tel Rumeida have been filled with constant interruptions and harassment in the lives of the Palestinians as annexation walls are constructed, soldiers continue putting up roadblocks and establishing checkpoints, and settlers continue to make life unbearable for Palestinians in this section of Hebron. The…

  • Suffer the Little Children

    by Nils and Lo August, 2005 HEBRON — Since the Oslo agreement, the city of Hebron has been divided into areas ruled by the Palestinian Authority and areas ruled by Israel. Today, there are about 500 Israeli Jews living inside Hebron, with a Palestinian population of close to 200,000. Two to three thousand Israeli soldiers…

  • West Bank village constant target for home demolitions

    Mirja, Lo, and Nils. Israel’s Next Step: Destroying Financial and Economic Structures Report from Idna just outside Hebron Idna is a village with 21,000 citiziens. Since 1948, Israel has stolen more than half of Idna’s land for illegal settlements. The most recent loss has cut Idna off from 3,000 dunams (667 acres) of their own…

  • Who is terrorizing whom?

    Photo courtesy of Operation Dove (At-Tuwani, Southern Hebron Hills, Palestinian Occupied Territories) IDF soldiers, without respecting Israeli or international laws, assault a Palestinian shepherd. The soldiers claimed he was allowing his sheep to graze on land under military closure. August 1 by Operation Dove volunteers A group of shepherds from the village of At-Tuwani, in…