Tag: Israeli Army
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Jamal, steadfastness and a death
21st March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine Jamal is younger than I am but he doesn’t look it. He is always there, as are all the storekeepers in the souk and he always greets us, as does nearly everybody (walking down the souk when it is open can be…
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Targeting of children and civilians in Ni’lin
19th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On 18th March 2016, Palestinian villagers of Ni’lin protested against the Israeli land-theft and illegal settlements and the continuous violence Israeli forces use to stifle the weekly non-violent protests. Villagers commemorated Rachel Corrie, an American activist killed by Israeli forces in Gaza,…
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Checkpoint harassment – everyday ‘normality’?
17th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) is a city of far too many checkpoints. Operated by heavily armed Israeli forces, they create obstacles that all Palestinians must cross in order to go about their daily lives in al-Khalil: to go to school or work, to…
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Continuous struggle for justice in occupied Hebron
15th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 9th March 2016, Israeli forces yet again demolished the illegally erected synagogue-tent on private Palestinian land close to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). The synagogue-tent was build up by settlers some years ago opposite the…
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Targeting playgrounds in Ni’lin
14th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Friday, 11th March 2016, Israeli forces again attacked the non-violent protest in Ni’lin in the occupied West Bank, showering the village, including a public park and playground, in tear gas. For years the villagers of Ni’lin have been protesting the illegal…
