Tag: Hebron

  • Support Needed: Settler to face court for Assaulting HRWs: Septmeber 6th 1pm

    On the 6th September 2007, 1:00pm, a court will convene at the Israeli Peace Courts to bring to trial a mature Israeli Settler who attacked two international human rights workers on the 27th July 2007. The incident took place on a piece of Palestinian land located between the illegal settlements of Kiriat Arba and Givat…

  • 14year old boy detained for trying to steal a landmine

    A temporary checkpoint was erected in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, complete with a landmine placed on the road. Human Rights Workers noticed a young boy being detained. HRW’s approached the boy to enquire over what was going on. It was established that he was 14 years old and therefore too young to have an ID card.…

  • Landowner visits land for the first time in years

    Susya 1st September 2007 12 Palestinians and 3 Human Rights Workers (HRWs) went to visit land which is overlooked by an illegal Israeli settler colony and which has taken the old Palestinian name of Susya. Access to this land by its owners has been restricted since 1984 when the Palestinian residents of Susya were forcibly…