Tag: Qeitun Checkpoint
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After School in Hebron, A Journal – 6 boys detained by Israeli forces in 2 Days
5th December 2018 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine [Updated December 6] For two days running, Israeli occupation soldiers and Border Police ambushed young children aged 10-14 years after school in Hebron. Tuesday, 24thDec. 2 boys were detained at Salaymeh checkpoint after being ambushed by a group of soldiers sneaking around…
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First day in Al-Khalil
6th September 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Today was my first full day as an ISM’er in Al-Khalil (Hebron). A regular part of our work is to monitor Israeli checkpoints beside schools in the mornings since the teachers ask for an international presence. Often there can be problems with…
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VIDEO: “They look like they’re in a war zone, but what they’re aiming at is five-year-olds”
31st December | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine By 10:30 am on Tuesday morning of December 30, Palestinian children attending school near Qeitun checkpoint in al-Khalil (Hebron) had endured over forty tear gas canisters, multiple rounds of rubber coated steel bullets and stun grenades, and the arrest of a twelve-year-old boy. Israeli forces fired down the road…
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Israeli forces fire 29 tear gas canisters towards youths and schoolchildren in Hebron
19th November 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This morning in al-Khalil (Hebron), clashes broke out in the Qeitun area starting between 07:00 and 08:00 near the Qeitun checkpoint. By 08:00 the group of Palestinian teenagers and young boys present had grown to approximately 100 individuals, since the school closed, most likely due to tear…
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Jewish holiday leads to large influx of settlers, zionist tourists, and Israeli soldiers
12th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Today in al-Khalil (Hebron), as part of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, thousands of settlers and Zionist tourists descended upon the city. The Israeli military presence in Hebron, which is already a large an oppressive part of everyday life, greatly increased. Hebron is the…
