Tag: Hebron

  • Reflections from an Irish Activist in Palestine (Part 3/3)

    Part III Jewish settlers driving by give antagonistic glances and stares, while cars and bus loads of visitors to the nearby Jewish cemetery and ‘tomb’ of the ancient biblical figures of Jesse and Ruth every now and again have one ruthless passenger who rolls down the window and comments, ‘Drop dead!’ Being called a ‘Nazi’…

  • Palestinian Human Rights Worker Arrested at Qurtuba School in Hebron

    Tel Rumeida, Hebron. 11.9.07. At 7.25pm 11.9.07. ISM activists received a phone call saying there was a disturbance outside Qurtuba school. The school is in Tel Rumeida, Hebron opposite the Beit Hadassah settlement. A group of 10 settler girls were on the school pathway having a BBQ with a gas cylinder and a burner. A…

  • Attack on Child by Settlers

    Tel Rumeida, Hebron, 8.9.07 A local human rights worker reported that seven settler children and one adult attacked a Palestinian child in Hebron. The incident happened at 10 am outside Beit Hadassa settlement in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. The children were directed to beat up the victim by the adult and started punching and kicking him.…