Tag: Settlement
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Beit Ummar’s children targeted by the Israeli army
30th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Beit Ummar, occupied Palestine Beit Ummar, a small town outside of Hebron, has a population of just 18000 people, around 200 of which are imprisoned, with 6o of those being below 18 years old. These children are often in administrative detention for over a year…
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Collective punishment in al-Khalil through closed military zone upheld
30th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine The Tel Rumeida neighborhood and Shuhada Street, in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) are still declared a ‘closed military zone’ by Israeli forces. This form of racist collective punishment deliberately targeting the Palestinian population, has now been implemented for almost 9 months. The area…
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Deir Qaddis resists ongoing theft of village land
20th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Quds team | Deir Qaddis, occupied Palestine On the morning of July 14th, Israeli excavators arrived on Majid Mahmoud’s farmland in Deir Qaddis to begin work on an illegal expansion of a wastewater facility for the nearby illegal settlement of Nili. Construction vehicles and Occupation forces were met…
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Right to play? Palestinian children in occupied al-Khalil
29th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine In occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), possibilities for Palestinian children to play are scarce. With the help of the Playgrounds for Palestine project, a brand-new playground was installed at Qurtuba school in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of al-Khalil. Right to play – can you…
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Ramadan 2016: Harassment, collective punishment and settlement expansions in the occupied West Bank
7th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine Monday the 6th of June marked the beginning of the Ramadan; the holiest holiday in Islam. The Ramadan is a sacred month in the Islamic calendar, where Muslims celebrate when the Qu’ran was revealed for the first time to the Prophet…
