Tag: Settlement
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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…
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Ethnic cleansing of Shuhada Street in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron)
6th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Since the 1994 Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, the majority of Shuhada Street – once the thriving Palestinian market and main thoroughfare connecting north and south al-Khalil (Hebron) – has been closed to Palestinians. They are completely barred from accessing it, except for a…
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‘It is my job to scare Palestinian children’ – Israeli forces justify intimidation of kindergarten children
6th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Kindergarten-children in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) often face harassment and intimidation by Israeli forces on their way to kindergarten. Listen to this audio recording of a discussion between an international volunteer and the soldiers about why the soldiers ‘have to’ scare the kindergarten-children…
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Israeli forces attack peaceful demonstration and suffocate civilian population
5th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On 4th March 2016, the village of Ni’lin held their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli occupation, the illegal settlements and the theft of the village’s land. Israeli forces attacked the peaceful demonstration inundating the whole area with massive amounts of tear…
