Tag: Settler violence

  • Israeli forces escalate restrictions and violence against Palestinians during Sukkot-holiday

    Israeli forces escalate restrictions and violence against Palestinians during Sukkot-holiday

    2nd October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 28th – 30th September 2015 is the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. In the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), while Israeli settlers from the many illegal settlements within al-Khalil celebrate their holiday, Israeli forces have escalated…

  • Three young Palestinians arrested on violent settler’s allegations

    Three young Palestinians arrested on violent settler’s allegations

    1st October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Today, October 1st 2015, a 14-year old boy was arrested by Israeli forces in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) after being accused of stone-throwing by a settler notorious for harassing Palestinians. Mohammed Imad Abu Shamsiyye was taken by Israeli soldiers from right outside his…

  • Settler violence sharply escalates in Hebron during Sukkot holiday

    Settler violence sharply escalates in Hebron during Sukkot holiday

    30th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On the second day of the Jewish Sukkot holiday, hundreds of settlers continued filing into al-Khalil (Hebron) creating mass restrictions and sharp escalations in violence against Palestinians living here. Over a period of two hours dozens of them continuously invaded the roof…

  • Settler violence escalates in the vicinity of Kiryat Arba illegal settlement

    Settler violence escalates in the vicinity of Kiryat Arba illegal settlement

    19th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine  The children of the Jabari family in Jabari neighbourhood of al-Khalil are singing along to a Palestinian children’s television show. It is a sunny Saturday morning but in the small living area, six tiny children sit with their mothers who explain to…

  • 10-year old boy arrested and blindfolded in Hebron

    10-year old boy arrested and blindfolded in Hebron

    18th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine  Tonight in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces arrested a 10-year old Palestinian boy twice. Both times he was taken to the military base. Marwan Sharabati was playing outside his house, riding a bicycle in the street, in the vicinity of a military…