Tag: Hebron
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Ramadan 2016: Harassment, collective punishment and settlement expansions in the occupied West Bank
7th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine Monday the 6th of June marked the beginning of the Ramadan; the holiest holiday in Islam. The Ramadan is a sacred month in the Islamic calendar, where Muslims celebrate when the Qu’ran was revealed for the first time to the Prophet…
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Apartheid and racist restrictions around Ibrahimi mosque
5th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine During the last days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Israeli froces have implemented further restrictions in the area of the Ibrahimi Mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron.) These restrictions deliberately and exclusively target Palestinians in attempts to further cleanse this area…
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Palestinian man beaten up by Israeli forces near Ibrahimi Mosque
5th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces on 3rd July beat up a Palestinian man at Ibrahimi Mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), leaving him with a bleeding nose. A border police-men grabbed the man by the neck, after he was trying to leave the area. He then,…
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10-year old girl arrested on settler children accusation
5th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces on Monday 4th July arrested a 10-year old Palestinian girl near the Ibrahimi mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), as a group of settler children arbitrarily accused her of throwing an enormous rock at them. A large group of settler children…
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Israeli forces escort illegal settlers through al-Khalil (Hebron) old town as tensions rise
4th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Saturday morning, less than 24 hours after Israeli forces implemented a discriminatory siege on Hebron and less than 12 hours after Israeli forces entered the H1, Palestinian controlled areas of the West Bank’s most populous city, a group of illegal settlers were…
