Tag: Hebron

  • Israel has the right to defend herself

    by John, December 18th “Israel is a democracy and a friend and has every right to defend itself from terror.” George Bush, May 2004 I had a tour of Hebron today going a bit further than the Tel Rumeida settlement. But we did pass through this area – it turns out that the soldiers often…

  • Testimony from Detained Human Rights Defender

    by Mary, December 18th There have been four occasions in the last two and a half months when the Israeli army and police have helped and encouraged Israeli settlers to trespass on Palestinian land. This is against Israeli law. The aim is probably to help Israeli settlers establish a bridgehead on Palestinian land so that…

  • Forty settlers freely trespass Palestinian property, Australian human rights volunteer arrested

    by ISM Hebron, December 17th At 11am, human rights workers in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron were alerted that 40 Israeli settlers, one of whom was armed, had invaded the Abu Haikal’s property and were having a picnic and campfire in their olive groves. The settlers were accompanied by 15 soldiers. The settlers and…