Tag: Shuhada Street
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Shuhada Street 2015: Suffering from Israeli propaganda and ongoing military closure
Hundreds Palestinian shops and warehouses were closed on Shuhada Street by the Israeli army in 1994 following the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, in which twenty-nine Muslims were murdered during prayer inside Ibrahimi Mosque by Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish settler from Kiryat Arba. In the name of protecting Jewish settlers after the massacre of Palestinians during Ramadan,…
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Settlers under the protection of Israeli forces prevent Palestinian shops from opening
24th June 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al Khalil Team | Al Khalil, Occupied Palestine Around 8:30 this morning on Shuhada street in Hebron, Israeli settlers, soldiers, and border police arrived and put up a breakfast tent right outside of two shops owned by a Palestinian man. The settlers remained in front of his shops…
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Dancing children attacked by Israeli forces
25th February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On the 24th of February in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces opened fire on dancing Palestinian youth, firing tear gas and throwing stun grenades at group of young children performing a traditional Palestinian dance as a form of protest in front of Shuhada checkpoint. The fifteen…
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Open Shuhada Street, demand Palestinian demonstrators
21th February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On February 20, Israel forces threw at least thirty stun grenades and ten tear gas grenades at a peaceful Palestinian protest. Residents of occupied Hebron (Al-Khalil) were demonstrating against the closure of Shuhada Street, a former economic centre in Al-Khalil. The street, running through the middle of…
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Demonstrators face military violence for protesting Israeli President Rivlin’s visit
5th February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Monday, February 2nd, Palestinian demonstrators faced military violence at the hands of Israeli forces in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron). Protesters gathered in Bab Al-Zawiye, on the H1 (Palestinian administered) side of Shuhada checkpoint, to denounce Israeli president Reuven Rivlin’s visit to the illegal Israeli settlement of…
