Tag: Hebron
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Brutal attack in Susiya
On Monday 9 June six masked Jewish settlers from the nearby outpost of Havat Ya’ir, armed with automatic weapons and cudgels, attacked a small group of Palestinians, mainly women, in their tent village in the Susiya location of the South Hebron Hills. Video from B’tselem Susiya, which lies within sight of the West Bank’s southern…
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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…