15 August 2010 | International Solidarity Movement On Saturday Palestinians were joined by internationals and Israelis in their weekly demonstration, asking for the opening of Shuhada Street and responding to the closure of three shops in the old city earlier ...
Read More »Israeli army close down shops opposite Shuhada street in Hebron
11 August 2010 | ISM Yesterday, August 10th, between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon, in response to peaceful Palestinian resistance to the military occupation of Hebron – and ongoing settler violence – the Israeli army decided to collectively punish ...
Read More »Hebron, Iraq Burin, Beit Ommar rise up
West Bank protests on Saturday 7 August 2010 Hebron On Saturday August 7th Palestinians were joined by Israeli and international protesters to demonstrate against the settlements and to demand the opening of Shuhada Street. About 60 people gathered to march ...
Read More »CPT: Keeping the quiet (when there’s no peace to be kept) on Shuhada Street
Sarah M, Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron “Excuse me!” the Israeli soldier called to us. “You can’t walk down that street.” Elizabeth and I turned toward him, questioning. “We can’t? But the German tourists here earlier walked this way,” Elizabeth ...
Read More »CPT: Settlers Heat Up the Air in Al Bweireh
Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron Since approximately 2000, the Israeli Military and nearby settlers have set in place an iron gate across the road leading to Al Bweireh. They have also positioned a huge several-ton rock perhaps 25 meters from ...
Read More »Masked settlers attack international peace activists in Hebron
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 6 August 2010 Al-Buwayra, HEBRON – This morning, in a second day of violence in the village of Al-Buwayra, near Hebron, two international peace activists were attacked by three Israeli settlers wearing black masks. Both were left ...
Read More »Army vandalism in Hebron: soldiers destroy family’s well in Wad Lerus
3 August 2010 | ISM Media Yesterday morning (2 August 2010) a group of Israeli soldiers, reportedly drunk, used two bulldozers to destroy a well that belonged to a family living in Wad Lerus, Hebron. Several ISM activists went out ...
Read More »The weekend in protests
August 2010 | ISM Media Reports of all the weekend demonstrations in the West Bank attended by ISM activists. Bil’in: tributes paid to Olympia and music from rappers in solidarity with Palestine (July 30th) Dozens suffered from tear gas inhalation ...
Read More »Remembering Art Gish
1 August 2010 American peace activist Art Gish died on Wednesday in a tractor accident on his organic farm in Athens, Ohio, at the age of 70. Gish and his wife Peggy – currently in Iraq – dedicated much of ...
Read More »Hebron report: military violently repress protests, following heightened wave of settler violence
26 July 2010 | International Solidarity Movement UPDATED: 27 July 2010 Additional information about a settler attack in Boere last night has been added to the end of this post, along with new photos, one of which shows a bite ...
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