Open Shuhada Street

Open Shuhada Street demonstration in Hebron, February 24, 2017. (Activestills.org)

Hundreds march in Hebron: ‘Open segregated Shuhada Street’

Israeli soldiers fire volleys of tear gas to break up the protest, prevent the march from reaching the street Israel has forbidden Palestinians but not Jews from walking or driving down. Around 400 people marched through the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday to mark 23 years since the Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the…

By Haggai Matar February 24, 2017

Israeli soldiers blindfold and arrest a young Palestinian man in Hebron. (photo: Activestills.org)

Prisoners in our own homes: A look at life in occupied Hebron

Twenty-one years have passed since Baruch Goldstein entered Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs and massacred dozens of Muslim worshippers. Since then, Palestinians in the city have been placed under a harsh regime of separation and movement restriction. Some of us can’t even leave our own homes. By Zleikha Muhtaseb Imagine that you are in your…

By +972 Magazine February 25, 2015

An Israeli settlement water tank stands near the Ibrahimi Mosque or Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron.

PHOTOS: 20 years since Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre

In 1994, the Israeli military responded to a massacre by a Jewish settler by restricting the movement of Hebron’s Palestinian residents. Two decades later, the restrictions are more severe and some of Israel’s most extreme settlements continue to grow in the heart of the West Bank’s largest city. Photos by: Anne Paq, Ryan Rodrick Beiler,…

By Activestills February 25, 2014

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At the end, several youths started burning tires (Yotam Ronen / Activestills)

Palestinians demand Shuhada St. reopened after 20 years

In a rare, united political front, Palestinian protesters try to reach Hebron’s segregated Shuhada Street but are confronted by Israeli army and police. Five are arrested and a B’Tselem researcher is hit in the head with a rubber-coated bullet. [This post has been updated] About 1,000 Palestinians from all political parties, joined by Israeli and…

By Haggai Matar February 21, 2014

Shuhada Street in the Old City of Hebron, empty of all Palestinian vehicle and pedestrian traffic, November 13, 2013. Shuhada Street was the main commercial center of the city when it was first closed in 1994 to Palestinian traffic after the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, and later to pedestrians as the army shut down the entire commercial area. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

WATCH: 20 years since the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in Hebron

Twenty years ago, on February 25, 1994, Israeli-American Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 people in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, the Muslim holy site at the Cave of the Patriarchs. Goldstein’s attack with an automatic assault rifle left 125 wounded. In the wake of the massacre, its victims, the Palestinian residents of Hebron, were…

By Social TV February 21, 2014

Friends evacuate 13-year-old Muhammad al-Kurdi, who was injured by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces during clashes in Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, February 25, 2013. The clashes were in response to the death of Arafat Jaradat, who died after being interrogated in Israeli custody. (Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

From Hebron’s streets to Ofer’s walls: A week in photos – February 21-27

This week: Palestinians protest for access to a segregated street in Hebron while Israeli settlers freely march on it during Purim; reactions to the death of prisoner Arafat Jaradat; a teen is shot by Israeli forces; and right-wingers mock hunger strikers at Ofer military prison. …

By Activestills February 28, 2013

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WATCH: Demonstration to open Shuhada Street in Hebron

On Friday February 22, 2013, a demonstration took place in Hebron protesting the restrictions placed on Palestinians’ freedom of movement on Shuhada Street in the city. Shuhada Street has been closed to Palestinians for over a decade (ever since the second Intifada began in October 2000 and seven years after Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein killed…

By Social TV February 26, 2013

Deadly clashes erupt across occupied territories

Across the West Bank, clashes took place between Palestinians and the Israeli military. Several people were arrested and injured and at least one Palestinian was killed. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FFA6nVb8RI[/youtube] Clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli military erupted across the occupied territories over the weekend, from the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to the old city of Hebron, with…

By Omar H. Rahman February 25, 2012

Palestinians, Israelis protest segregation, settlement in Hebron

Army used tear gas, skunk and an American-made sound device against protesters. Dozens were injured, and at least two Palestinians and one Israeli were arrested. By Max Schindler Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis and internationals descended upon Hebron on Friday to protest the 18-year closure of a main thoroughfare, Shuhada Street. Approximately 500 demonstrators—many hoisting Palestinian flags and…

By +972 Magazine February 25, 2012

Issa Amro with Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak at a demonstration in Hebron last year. Photo: Joseph Dana

A rare instance of justice at the Ofer military court

Nonviolent organizer Issa Amro was released from military prison this morning in a rare case of swift justice for Palestinians in the Israeli legal system. Amro, the director of the Hebron based NGO Youth Against Settlements, was one of the organizers of Friday’s international day of action to open Shuhada street. On Monday, Israeli authorities summoned Amro…

By Joseph Dana March 3, 2011

Archbishop Desmond Tutu attacked for his support of the Palestinians

The South African Zionist Federation demands that Archbishop Tutu be removed or resign from his position as patron of the Cape Town Holocaust Centere and the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre due to his support for the Palestinians Archbishop Desmond Tutu is coming under attack for taking a stand against Israel’s occupation. Last October, the Archbishop Emeritus…

By Joseph Dana January 12, 2011