Archive for the 'Hebron Region' Category
Issa’s house gets broken into as intimidation increases in Tel Rumeda
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionThis week in Hebron, soldiers have continued their expansion of duty and further harassment of Palestinians.
On Wednesday night Human Rights Workers (HRWs) discovered the door of an empty Palestinian house next to the checkpoint leading to Tel Rumeida had been removed. Soldiers are already using the house on the other side of the checkpoint...
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Security Stranglehold Tightens in Hebron
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | Posted in Journals, Hebron RegionBy: Becky
For a week now the security checks on Palestinians and internationals in Hebron has maintained it’s tightest grip since our arrival.
Soldiers who a month ago limited themselves to their posts now extend their jurisdiction along whole streets; patrolling and watching in a paranoid attempt to preempt some fictitious...
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Non-violent Protest in South Hebron Hills
Saturday, February 16th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionThe hills south of Hebron are home to many Palestinian farmers and shepherds who live off the land. But in recent years a line of settlements have slowly pushed them out of their homes. The people of Susiya village now live out of tents and caves with only two hours access to electricity a day, through the use of solar panels and wind turbines....
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Beit Ummar Curfew
Friday, February 15th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionAt 1 am on the 13th of February the village of Beit Ummar was invaded by Israeli soldiers and put under military curfew. Over 40 people were arrested as the area was declared a closed military zone. The press were turned away at the gate and those who found another way in were escorted out by the Army. The military divided the area into four parts...
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Clinic and 15 homes threatened at Beqa’a Valley
Monday, February 11th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionThe first permanent medical centre to be built in Beqa’a Valley village is being threatened with demolition along with 15 more houses. The village is located between Kiryat Arba settlement and Route 60 which divides the valley in two.
Many houses in Beqa’a have been demolished before, and have been rebuilt with the assistance...
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Soldiers Allow Settlers to Stone Palestinians, Threaten to Assault Homeowner
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionWednesday February 6th, 2008: At around 7.30 this evening settlers began stoning the home of the Sidr family, adjacent to Beit Hadassah settlement in Hebron’s Old City. Stones, some as large as bricks, were thrown first from the vicinity of an army post on a roof opposite the house, hitting the window of the bedroom where the homeowner was sleeping....
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Settlers Rain Stones and Urine on Palestinian Home and Street
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region
*Two Videos* Soldiers “moon” activists, fire on shepherds, CPT in the south Hebron hills
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region, VideoFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Israeli Soldiers Bare All In South Hebron Hills
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Video: For a video of Israeli soldiers “mooning” Palestinian shepherds and international volunteers:
