Tag: Settlement
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Weeks of repression and resistance in Ni’lin
15th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine A walk through the olive groves of Ni’lin village, down the dirt road between stone walls and cacti and past the scattered remnants of spent tear gas canisters, grenades and bullet casings reveals a striking vista: the Israeli-constructed, illegal Apartheid Wall cuts sharply across…
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ACT NOW ! Put an end to the ‘Closed Military Zone’ in Tel Rumeida and Shuhada Street, Hebron
11th January 2016 | Action Alert last updated 21st January 2016 *** Arabic version below *** The undersigned organisations are calling on the international community to take immediate action regarding the continuous closure of the Tel Rumeida neighborhood and the part of Shuhada Street that has remained accessible to Palestinian residents since the Ibrahimi…
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Ziad Jaber school marks start of winter holidays after another semester under occupation
10th January 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine On Wednesday, 6th January 2016, schools in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) marked the start of the winter holiday by handing out certificates to the students and giving awards to the best students. At Ziad Jaber elementary boys school, school started at 9 o’clock with a ceremony…
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Photo story: newly expanded Shuhada checkpoint is even more difficult to traverse
January 6th 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine At the end of December Israeli forces re-opened the newly expanded Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). The checkpoint had been closed since December 7th, when Israeli forces had declared they would be conducting “renovations” for a then-unknown period of time. Officially known as Checkpoint 56,…
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A frightening walk to school in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron)
2nd January, 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al Khalil team | Al Khalil, occupied Palestine On 30th December 2015, an aggressive Israeli settler and Israeli forces yet again intimidated and harassed Palestinian schoolboys in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). As Palestinian schoolchildren were walking to school for their end of the year exam, infamous settler Ofer drove past…
