Tag: Settler violence
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Aggressive settler interrupts nonviolent commemorative event hosted by Youth Against Settlements
24nd February 2016 | Youth Against Settlements | Hebron, occupied Palestine Notorious settler Anat Cohen interrupted a peaceful movie screening, which was hosted by Youth Against Settlements to commemorate the victims of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in 1994. Every night, Palestinians gather around a bonfire in the Salaymeh neighborhood of occupied Hebron to keep watch…
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Children face fear and threat of violence after young woman shot in Hebron
22nd February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine A day after 21-year old Yasmin al-Zarou was gunned down by Israeli forces when passing the Salaymeh checkpoint, many of the children were forced to walk right past where she had layn on the ground bleeding – where her blood is still…
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Youth Against Settlements holds press conference in front of Shuhada Street checkpoint to announce 2016 Open Shuhada Street campaign
20th February 2016 | Youth Against Settlements | Hebron, occupied Palestine Youth Against Settlements held a press conference in front of the Shuhada Street checkpoint to announce the beginning of the Open Shuhada Street Campaign. Over a hundred people attended. Palestinian TV, AL-Quds TV, and other local and international media organizations were present. Youth Against…
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Children living in closed military zone enjoy day of fun under the shadow of the occupation
13th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On February 13th 2016 Youth Against Settlements in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) organised a children’s activity in front of Shuhada Street checkpoint. Around 50 children from the neighbourhoods located on the H2 (entirely Israeli military-controlled) side of the checkpoint – Tel Rumeida and…
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Demonstrators protest closed military zone under threat of Israeli violence
8th February 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 8th February 2016, Israeli forces threatened to attack a peaceful demonstration in front of Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Protesters gathered at noon to protest the continued closure of the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, that on the 1st of November 2015…
