Tag: Israeli Army
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Israeli forces and settlers increase efforts to force Palestinians out and silence observers
21st November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Monday 2nd November 2015, Israeli forces again attempted to prevent international observers from monitoring a checkpoint in a flashpoint location in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Settlers from the illegal settlements in al-Khalil physically attacked internationals while soldiers where standing idly by watching. As…
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Israeli forces terrorizing Palestinian neighbourhood on a daily basis
19th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Monday, 16th November 2015, Israeli forces raided and searched at least ten houses in the Abu Sneineh neighbourhood in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Israeli forces entered several homes in the neighbourhood, trapping women, children, and whole families inside. This has been an almost…
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Al-Kadoorie: the only university in the world with a military training zone inside its campus
November 18th 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwara Team | Tulkarm, occupied Palestine On the 17th of November, in a meeting in the University of Al Kadoorie, in the city of Tulkarm, the institution’s Director of Public Relations, Mr. Azmi Saleh, and a group of students described the recent human rights violations that the Israeli…
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Eye-witness account of a murder: ‘They didn’t want her alive, they want her dead, they meant to kill her”
16th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 25th October 2015, 17-year old Dania Arsheid was gunned down by Israeli forces in front of the Ibrahimi mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) and left to bleed to death. One of the shopkeepers nearby the Ibrahimi mosque witnessed the events leading…
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“When soldiers see a camera they come to you like a beast”
16th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Since the beginning of October Israeli soldier- and settler violence has increased sharply and resulted in even further restrictions on Palestinians’ everyday lives in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Imad Abu Shamsiyyeh, a volunteer with the Palestinian organization Human Rights Defenders, has been documenting…
