Tag: Hebron
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Settlers attack Palestinians in Tel Rumeida, Human rights Workers Detained
Settlers attack Palestinians in Tel Rumeida, Human Rights Workers (HRWs) Detained UPDATE 10:30 PM March 18 The two HRWs were released from Kiryat Arba at 10:05 PM At approx. 17:30 today, Sunday March 18th, two Palestinians, approx. 15 years old, were walking down Shuhadda Street in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron. As they walked…
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Remembering Rachel, 4 Years and Still No Justice. Dispatch #2
by Martinez, March 17 It’s been a week since I returned home here to Palestine. And it has been four years since a twenty-three year old American peace activist, named Rachel Corrie, was killed by an Israeli Occupation Forces bulldozer in the Gaza Strip. I never met Rachel. But I can feel what drove her…
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Amnesty International: Fear for safety of human rights defenders in the Occupied Territories
Amnesty International, March 9th There have been further attacks by Israeli settlers on human rights defenders working in the Occupied Territories. The head of one international organization working in the area has voiced concern that the lives of these human rights defenders could be in danger if the attacks continue. On 5 March, a Swedish…