Tag: Settlers
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Israeli forces escort illegal settlers through al-Khalil (Hebron) old town as tensions rise
4th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Saturday morning, less than 24 hours after Israeli forces implemented a discriminatory siege on Hebron and less than 12 hours after Israeli forces entered the H1, Palestinian controlled areas of the West Bank’s most populous city, a group of illegal settlers were…
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Remembering Mohammed Abu Khdeir two years after his brutal murder
2nd July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Occupied Palestine Today marks the two year anniversary of the brutal kidnap, torture and eventual murder of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir. The teenager was kidnapped in the Shufat neighbourhood of occupied Jerusalem by Ben David of the illegal settlement Geva Binyamin and two assailants…
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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…
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Worshippers for Ramadan prayer harassed by settlers and soldiers
1 July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On 1st July 2016, Israeli forces severly restricted access to Ibrahimi mosque in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) for noon-prayer, while settlers were demonstrating at a checkpoint nearby the mosque. After pregnant 27-year old Sarah Tarayra was gunned down by Israeli forces at Ibrahimi…
