Tag: Tel Rumeida
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Photo story: newly expanded Shuhada checkpoint is even more difficult to traverse
January 6th 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine At the end of December Israeli forces re-opened the newly expanded Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). The checkpoint had been closed since December 7th, when Israeli forces had declared they would be conducting “renovations” for a then-unknown period of time. Officially known as Checkpoint 56,…
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Human rights activists evicted from Tel Rumeida apartment again
12th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Yesterday, international activists regained access to their Tel Rumeida apartment after being denied entry for a week. This morning at 8.45am another activist tried to enter the apartment but was prevented by soldiers, even after showing them the rental contract granting her…
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Journal: When walking becomes a crime
13th July 2015 | Peter Cunliffe | Al Khalil, Occupied Palestine Last night at around 11:30 PM, we received a call from one of our Palestinian neighbors about an incident that was unfolding outside our window. A group of five Israeli soldiers were guarding two Palestinian youth, who did not look to be older than…
