Tag: Settlement
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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…
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Hebron under selective and racist siege
2nd July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine The southern West Bank city of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) has been put under siege by Israeli forces – exclusively for Palestinians. Israeli forces declared a complete closure of the city as a ‘security measure’, closing all entries and exits into the city…
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Curfew on Hebron neighborhoods imposed by Israeli forces
2nd July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Israeli forces, on 30th June 2016 enforced a complete curfew on several neighborhoods in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Deliberately, this curfew was designed to be imposed only on the Palestinian population, with the expressive goal of allowing settlers to move around these neighborhoods…
