Tag: Hebron
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Soldier to human rights worker: “In case you haven’t noticed, Israel is not a democracy”
by ISM Hebron On Saturday June 16, at 8.15 am, two human rights workers (HRWs) were taking a tour through the olive groves near the illegal Israeli settlement of Tel Rumeida when they heard dialogue in Hebrew coming from the second floor of a Palestinian home. The owner of this house is a Palestinian man…
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70 Palestinians detained at Tel Rumeida checkpoint
by ISM Hebron On the morning of June 18, four Israeli border police and two Israeli soldiers were present at the checkpoint leading into the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron. The policemen turned up at 7:20am and began conducting their own ‘security checks.’ Palestinians and human rights groups see these checks as a continual daily…
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YNet: “We will kill you and castrate you!”
Soldier threatens left-wing activist; in a rare move, court decides to charge soldier by Hanan Greenberg ‘We’ll kill you and castrate you,’ threatened an IDF soldier in a phone call to a left-wing activist who takes part in controversial protests against army checkpoints. Soldier now facing court martial Tensions between IDF troops and left-wing activists…