Tag: Hebron

  • Jabari family again facing the threat of losing their land

    Jabari family again facing the threat of losing their land

    6th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine The Jabari family in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) is again facing threats of settlers, taking over their land. The family owns a piece of land sandwidched between the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba and the Israeli police station Givat Ha’vot. Settlers built a…

  • Settler attacking international activists in Hebron

    Settler attacking international activists in Hebron

    1st September | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday in al-Khalil (Hebron) in occupied Palestine, a female settler harassed and attacked international activists who were monitoring a checkpoint during school-time. In the morning volunteers were standing close to Qurtuba school, monitoring children on their way to school. This school is particularly prone…

  • Violent arrest of Palestinian man in al-Khalil (Hebron)

    Violent arrest of Palestinian man in al-Khalil (Hebron)

    29th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine A 52-year old Palestinian man was arrested at Shuhada checkpoint in al-Khalil (Hebron) yesterday, for ‘not obeying soldiers’ orders. Israeli forces painfully handcuffed and blindfolded him. Around 1:30 pm, Hisham Azzeh walked through Shuhada Checkpoint in order to reach his house that…

  • Continual harrassment, threatening and intimidation of Palestinian family by settlers in Hebron

    Continual harrassment, threatening and intimidation of Palestinian family by settlers in Hebron

    25th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine The Palestinian Abu Rajab family in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) is facing continual intimidation by groups of settlers and Israeli forces protecting these settlers in their attempts to take over the Abu Rajab family home. In the last…

  • Palestinian lawyers went on hunger strike in solidarity with Mohammed Allan and to protest against administrative detention

    Palestinian lawyers went on hunger strike in solidarity with Mohammed Allan and to protest against administrative detention

    20th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team |Hebron, Occupied Palestine Last Tuesday Palestinian lawyers went on a hunger strike. Hatem Shahin, vice-president of the Palestinian Bar Association for lawyers, explains why thirteen of the Association’s members decided to take this radical step: “The main goals are to break the isolation of the Palestinian prisoners…