Tag: Hebron

  • First olive harvest in seven years (updated)

    Today a collaboration of Palestinian farmers, human rights workers and Israeli activists converged at the Jabri family farm in Hebron to commence the annual olive harvest. The Jabri family farm, situated in a corridor between two illegal Israeli settlements, has been subject to a history of settler violence- such as the recent attacks seen on…

  • Boy is physically harassed by soldiers and later arrested

    October 7th, 2007 A local boy has been detained and later arrested by the Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) on this day in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, for carrying a bag containing a drawn swastika as well as drawings of weapons and Hamas; pictures of weapons were also supposedly found in the boy’s backpack. The incident began…

  • Settlers attack Local Palestinians and Human Rights Observors in Hebron

    October 4th, 2007 The final day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot descended into violence in Tel Rumeida, Hebron on Thursday, as a group of settlers attacked local Palestinians and two international Human Rights Workers (HRWs). At approximately 1:45pm a large group of settlers, many heavily intoxicated, marched their way up through the Tel Rumeida…