Tag: Hebron

  • Protest in central Hebron against child arrests

    Protest in central Hebron against child arrests

    23rd November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Monday 21 November at Ibn Rushd Square, youth from Hebron gathered together with adults at a protest against the Israeli detention of Palestinian children. The protest was organized by the Prisoners Club and human right defenders who shared their information about over…

  • Yet another demolition hits Umm Al Khair; community continues to stand strong

    Yet another demolition hits Umm Al Khair; community continues to stand strong

    19th of November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Umm al-Kheir, south Hebron Hills, occupied Palestine On November 15th, the Bedouin community of Umm Al Khair experienced the fifth wave of demolitions by Israeli forces on their structures to take place in the past year. The most prominent of the two structures demolished…

  • Nothing is simple in Palestine

    Nothing is simple in Palestine

    17th November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Umm al-Kheir, occupied south Hebron Hills Almost nothing in Palestine is what you expect for the most part. And, this is so true of the negative things you see. No matter how bad you think things are or expect them to be, you are almost…

  • Palestinian woman arrested in Al-Khalil accused of carrying a knife

    Palestinian woman arrested in Al-Khalil accused of carrying a knife

    2nd November 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine A Palestinian female was arrested on the 1st of November near Qeitun checkpoint accused of carrying a knife. Eyewitnesses described her being ordered to kneel on the ground, open her dress and loosen her hijab in public, before being handcuffed and escorted…

  • Imprisoned life: the feeling of a ‘closed military zone’

    Imprisoned life: the feeling of a ‘closed military zone’

    30th October 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine ‘Closed military zone’ – a sterile term for an act of deliberate apartheid policies and dehumanisation with the clear and deliberate target of forcibly displacing Palestinian civilians: women, children, elderly, anyone that is Palestinian, from the Tel Rumeida and Shuhada Street neighborhood…