Tag: Settler violence
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Settlers terrorize Palestinian farmers in Burin: burn trees and disrupt olive harvest
14th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Burin, occupied Palestine A Palestinian farmer and English human rights defender have been hospitalized and at least 40 olive trees burnt following an attack by illegal Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank town of Burin today. At 10am this morning, as ISM and other…
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Settler attacks international – eats notebook
12th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday afternoon, two girls were arrested by Israeli forces in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). International human rights observers documenting the ungrounded arrest were harassed by settlers in front of the Israeli police station. Two young school-girls, aged 14 and 16, were stopped by…
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Dheisheh Refugee camp: One family’s story
12th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Sun streams through the bedroom window of Amira, an elderly woman in her mid 70’s who has spent a lion’s share of her life living inside Palestinian refugee camps. Amira, who cannot speak and is completely immobile in her bed, shifts her…
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Settler aggression escalates with army support in al-Khalil (Hebron)
11th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Last night, October 10th 2015, Israeli soldiers and settlers harassed and violently attacked families and a local activist group in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Israeli soldiers took over the roof of a Palestinian kindergarten close to Qurtuba school, and started harassing families living…
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The other occupation: Settlers terrorize Palestinians of the West Bank
11th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine It was another emotional day for Palestinians in al-Khalil, (Hebron) after the burial of martyr Muhammad al-Jabari who was shot to death by Israeli forces near the entrance to the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement. Thousands filled the streets as the body of…
