Tag: Settlement

  • Non-violent action in At-Tuwani

    Non-violent action in At-Tuwani

    10th of February, 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine On Saturday, February 4th, a group of villagers from At Tuwani, South Hebron Hills, held a non-violent demonstration against the settler violence and illegal settlement expansion that affects their village. At 10:00, a demonstration consisting of about 15 Palestinian villagers, supported by…

  • “If your students want an education…” – Right to education violable under occupation?

    “If your students want an education…” – Right to education violable under occupation?

    2nd February 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Thursday morning Israeli forces detained Palestinian teachers and students from Qurtuba school for over two hours at Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) without reason and despite the fact that students and teachers always have to pass the checkpoint to reach school. Israeli…

  • The checkpoint regime: Israel and the fragmentation of Palestinian society

    The checkpoint regime: Israel and the fragmentation of Palestinian society

    31st January 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine There are 17 permanent checkpoints in the H2 area under full Israeli military control in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), manned by Israeli forces and impeding Palestinian freedom of movement. The official rhetoric of the Israeli government is that these checkpoints serve ‘security purposes’.…