Tag: Hebron

  • ISM mourns the death of longtime supporter and friend, Hashem Azzeh

    ISM mourns the death of longtime supporter and friend, Hashem Azzeh

    21st October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine Long term supporter and friend of ISM, Hashem Azzeh, has tragically passed away today aged 54, following health complications exacerbated by the conditions in Al-Khalil (Hebron). Hashem, who had a long-term cardiac condition, called for an ambulance on feeling discomfort in…

  • Settlers call for attacks on International human rights defenders in al-Khalil (Hebron)

    Settlers call for attacks on International human rights defenders in al-Khalil (Hebron)

    21st October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine ”These are not tourists. These are hostile anarchists. Soldiers and residents pay attention, the characters in these photos are here to harm Israelis for anti-semitic reasons. Act accordingly.” This message, written in Hebrew, was posted by a machine gun-wielding illegal Israeli…

  • Shoot First Don’t ask Questions Later

    Shoot First Don’t ask Questions Later

    20th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | West Bank, occupied Palestine A video posted on October 12th by Shehab news agency described as an attack on a Palestinian girl from Haifa in her twenties for allegedly trying to assault a taxi driver in Tel Aviv after an argument between them. The video shows a…

  • Al-Khalil (Hebron) settlers disrupt Palestinian family’s harvest

    Al-Khalil (Hebron) settlers disrupt Palestinian family’s harvest

    19th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine Recently weakened by heart attack and subsequent surgery, Hashem made his way slowly down the hill from his home in the Tel Rumeida section of al-Khalil to meet with the group of internationals from whom he requested assistance in picking what…

  • Settler and Soldier harassment continues for the Daana Family

    Settler and Soldier harassment continues for the Daana Family

    19th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine Members of the Daana family sat up into the early morning hours behind their home as explosions, gunshots and the whine of teargas canisters being fired rang out throughout the evening.  In front of the family home where 16 children live,…