Tag: Hebron
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Nobel Peace Laureate Calls for Global Condemnation of Israeli Army Actions against Orphans in Hebron
“This behavior is immoral, unethical and illegal” “What are the UK and Tony Blair dong about this?” Mairead Maguire, Irish Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, recently visited the Orphanages of Hebron while on a visit to the Occupied Territories to support non violent resistance there. Despite her experience with many suffering peoples, she said that she…
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Water crisis in Tel Rumeida
Water storage tanks mounted on the roof of every house are a distinctive sight throughout the length and breadth of Palestine. Without a guaranteed source of water, life is not possible in this beautiful, yet arid land. Since 1967, when it came under Israeli military occupation, the southern city of Hebron (Al Khalil) has been…
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Summer Against Apartheid continues in al-Ma’sara
On 6th June 2008, at 11.30am, approximately 150 demonstrators from the villages of Umm Salammuna and Al Ma’sara attempted to march to the construction site of the illegal Israeli apartheid wall in protest of the construction which is stealing the land of the village. Demonstrators consisted of residents of the village, including children, international and…