Tag: Hebron

  • Settler Intimidation in Tel Rumeida

    Hebron, September 8th An incident occurred on the road between Tel Rumeida settlement and the checkpoint at the top of Tel Rumeida Road. At around 2pm one settler youth approximately 17 years old was walking around insulting Palestinian children. The settler then encouraged other young children to join in the abuse of the Palestinians. He…

  • Reflections from an Irish Activist in Palestine (Part 1/3)

    The following is not an attempt at a comprehensive analysis of the current situation in the Occupied Territories of Palestine. Instead, it is a reflection on the past few weeks I have spent with the International Solidarity Movement in the city of Hebron and its environs and what brought me here in the first place.…

  • Mass Detentions and House Searches in the Old City of Hebron

    6th September 2007, Hebron Last night at 9.30pm dozens of soldiers were in the old city of Hebron. They called on loud speakers for all the men aged 18 to 35 to come out of the houses and then they detained them. Three international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) from ISM arrived at the Ibrahimi Mosque…