Tag: South Hebron Hills
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Israeli army forces children and teachers to walk an hour from school after confiscating truck
Christian Peacemaker Teams 20 December 2009 Masafer Yatta/South Hebron Hills – On Sunday, December 20, the Israeli army disrupted transportation of children and teachers from Al-Fakheit school to their homes. The Palestinian driver, accompanied by one CPTer, was on his way to pick up children and teachers after school when, at about 1pm, soldiers in…
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Palestinians in Bir el-Eid win the right to use local road
Art (Jaber) Gish 13 December 2009 It seems that a major victory has been won regarding Palestinians using their road to get to and from town. Israeli settlers have demanded that only Jews be allowed to use the Palestinian road. For the most part, Israeli soldiers have been following setter orders, not the orders of…
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No freeze on Palestinian suffering
Seth Freedman | The Guardian 14 December 2009 Within minutes of our arrival in Tuwani, in the south Hebron hills of the West Bank, an army Jeep rolled into the village and shattered the mid-morning tranquillity. “We’re turning this place into a closed military zone,” announced the stern-faced commander to anyone within earshot. Brandishing his…
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Palestinians moving back to Bir el-Eid, a village from which they were expelled in 1999
22 November 2009 After spending a week in the modern city of Jerusalem, camping out on the street with a Palestinian family that the Israeli government had evicted from their home so that Israeli settlers could move into their house, I now have been down in the South Hebron Hills for two weeks near At-Tuwani…