Tag: Tel Rumeida

  • Tel Rumeida: As locals march for rights, Israel sprays funeral procession and injures journalist

    by Aaron and Silvia 26 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The divided city of Al Khalil (Hebron) was transformed into a war zone this Friday, as thousands of Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists attempted to peacefully reopen the segregated Shuhada Street and were violently attacked by the Israeli military. Soldiers and riot…

  • Thousands march to end settlements in Hebron

    Thousands march to end settlements in Hebron

    24 February 2012 | Youth Against Settlements The “Youth Against Settlements” movement marked the 18 year anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre with a peaceful march, as part of Apartheid Week in Palestine, demonstrating through the streets of Hebron, violently broken up by Israeli forces. Eight thousand of Palestinians from across the West Bank, joined…

  • Settler Violence: Broken Glass on Shuhada Street

    Settler Violence: Broken Glass on Shuhada Street

    by Silvia 21 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Five years ago Abed Seder’s wife, Kefah, was shot five times in the chest by Israeli soldiers as she went onto her roof to check her water tank. She was 23 years old and left three sons motherless. He tells me his sons are…

  • The massacre of 1929 and the War of Narratives

    The massacre of 1929 and the War of Narratives

    by Aaron  21 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank If you ask an Israeli settler in or around Al-Khalil (Hebron) what calls them to live on contested land, most will speak to a religious connection to the city and the Cave of the Machpelach (“patriarchs”), where Jews, Muslims, and Christians come to revere…

  • “Each Arab dog will have his day:” Military raids Khalil youth center

    by Tom 22 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In an action that appears to have been carried out purely for the entertainment and satisfaction of Israeli settlers, the center of the activist group, Youth Against Settlements, in Tel Rumeida, Al Khalil (also known as Hebron) was stormed by Israeli soldiers at 3pm…