Tag: Hebron
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Orphans protest demolition of dairy factory
5th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, 300 orphans staged a protest following the demolition of Al-Rayyan Dairy Factory, north of Hebron, which occurred in the early hours of 1st September 2014. The future of the children remains unclear as the two orphanages they live in, the Hebron Charity House…
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When the school day ends with tear gas
2nd September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine ISM watched over two different checkpoints in al-Khalil (Hebron) on the 31st of August, Qeitun (209) and Salaymeh (29), both separating the H1 and H2 zone in this occupied city (H1 is supposedly under full Palestinian Authority control, H2 under full Israeli military control).…
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Injured and forced to walk
27th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine It was a warm Saturday night in late August in al-Khalil (Hebron). For the Palestinian children school was starting the next day, and a feeling of anticipation and excitement for a new year of learning floated over the hot Palestinian night. A group of…
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VIDEO: 15 tear gas grenades and 5 stun grenades fired at schoolchildren
25th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Today in al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces fired 15 tear gas grenades and canisters, as well as five stun grenades at children as they waited to go to school. Each morning and afternoon the children of al-Khalil, some as young as four-years-old, are forced to cross…
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Resistance and tear gas
21st August 2014 | Saeeda Al-Rashid | Occupied Palestine It’s late May [2013], and the air is stifling. Heat sizzles from the pavement, and Khalili youth, though well-adapted to these conditions, can be seen wiping sweat from their brows as they trek home from school. A few trickle through Checkpoint 56 into the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, formally designated Israeli-controlled territory…
