Tel Rumeida

Palestinians holding an iftar meal at Tel Rumeida checkpoint, Hebron, June 3, 2017. (Courtesy of Human Rights Defenders Group)

Palestinian activists break Ramadan fast at Hebron checkpoint

The restrictions on movement between different neighborhoods of Hebron meant that a number of Palestinian activists, who were on their way to an iftar meal in Tel Rumeida, were compelled to break their fast sitting on the ground at a checkpoint instead. Ramadan, the holiest month for Muslims across the world, is a time for…

By Orly Noy June 6, 2017

Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinians, as soldiers stand on the side, during an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Asira al Qibliya, April 30, 2013. Settlers burned fields and threw stones at houses in the village after an Israeli settler was stabbed to death by a Palestinian man. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

‘The settlers love us when we shoot Arabs’

Elor Azaria’s trial exposed just how influential the actions and ideas of radical settlers are on the conduct of Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. By Dean Issacharoff Two years before Elor Azaria fired one bullet into the head of Abed al Fatah a-Sharif in Tel Rumeida, Hebron before shaking the hand of Israeli settler Baruch Marzel, I…

By +972 Magazine February 12, 2017

Issa Amro (Screenshot)

WATCH: ‘They want to get rid of the idea of nonviolent resistance’

The Israeli army really wants to see Palestinian nonviolent activist Issa Amro in prison. We ask Issa why he’s facing 18 charges now, and what ‘winning’ would mean for him. Video by A. Daniel Roth, Aaron Rotenberg Nonviolent Palestinian organizer Issa Amro has been practicing and teaching nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in the occupied city of Hebron…

By +972 Magazine September 25, 2016

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A Palestinian youth, arrested and blindfolded by Israeli soldiers during the closure on Hebron. (photo: Activestills)

Palestinian teen jailed for six days on trumped up charges

Ahmed sat in jail for six days after being accused of trying to attack soldiers with a knife. How many other Palestinians are sitting in jail because of planted evidence? By Michael Salisbury-Corech A Palestinian minor was released from military prison last Thursday after spending a week in detention on suspicion of carrying a knife…

By +972 Magazine December 7, 2015

Israeli soldiers protect settlers who descended upon the front yard of Palestinian activist Issa Amro's house, Hebron, West Bank, Friday, November 27, 2015. (photo: Youth Against Settlements)

Under cover of Shabbat, settlers invade Palestinian property in Hebron

Neither the army nor the police bat an eyelid when settlers set up shop in the front yard of a privately-owned Palestinian home for an entire weekend. By Michael Salisbury-Corech Dozens of settlers in Hebron took over the front yard of the home of well-known local Palestinian nonviolent activist Issa Amro over the weekend. Israeli soldiers remained…

By +972 Magazine November 29, 2015

Palestinian children in Hebron's H2 (Photo by Dana Direktor)

PHOTOS: IDF brigade commander vs Hebron’s kindergarten

In the middle of Hebron, volunteers and activists built a kindergarten. Even a kindergarten, an attempt to bring a small piece of normalcy to the area, has turned into a target for the army, police and settlers. Text and photos by Dana Direktor / ‘The Hottest Place in Hell’ Read this article in Hebrew The…

By +972 Magazine February 25, 2014

Night raid in Nabi Saleh 2011 (Tamimi Press)

Showing them who’s boss: How Palestinian villages become IDF training grounds

The IDF could easily build a mock village on some godforsaken dune in the Negev for training purposes. But training in a Palestinian village has another (hidden) goal: to show them who’s boss. By Yesh Din (written by Yossi Gurvitz) The villagers of Imatin were surprised at the end of May 2013, when a large…

By +972 Magazine July 6, 2013

Jewish settlers in Hebron [illustrative photo] (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

In Hebron, no arrests (of Jews) on Saturdays

A Palestinian is attacked by a famous settler. Police detain the Palestinian, but not the settler – because it’s already Shabbat. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz At the beginning of February, “I.”, a resident of Tel Rumeida, was sitting in his yard with some friends. This was a Friday, twilight was setting in,…

By +972 Magazine April 10, 2013

With Israelis from Tel Rumeida settlement looking from above, Israeli soldiers arrest Ahmad Al-Atrash of B'tselem for filming confrontations between settlers, the Al Azzeh family who had just harvested their olives, and the military, October 22, 2012. The arrest followed the first time the Al Azzeh family was able to harvest their olives since 2007. Despite coordinating with the appropriate authorities, their harvest was disrupted by Israelis from the adjacent Tel Rumeida settlement, which like all settlements, is illegal under international law. (photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: October 18-24

The olive harvest, an attempt at breaking the siege on Gaza, Palestinian elections and more. Activestills images tell the stories of the week.

By Activestills October 25, 2012

Israeli soldiers arrest an International Solidarity Movement volunteer for interfering in the attempted arrest of one of his colleagues who was filming confrontations between settlers, the Al Azzeh family which had just harvested their olives, and the military, October 22, 2012. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Photos: Three arrested as settlers, soldiers disrupt Hebron olive harvest

It was the first time Hashem Al Azzeh could harvest his olives in five years. Living directly next door to the Tel Rumeida settlement, which like all West Bank settlements is illegal under international law, he has faced years of harassment and violence from some of Israel’s most ideological settlers. But this year, having coordinated with…

By Activestills October 23, 2012

Palestinian teen assaulted by soldiers detained for a month without cause

Comments from IDF Spokesperson regarding the Hebron incident proven false. Last month, Mairav Zonszein posted a video showing a young Palestinian being assaulted and detained by a group of soldiers, most of them in civilian clothing. The incident happened at checkpoint 56 in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron. After several Hebrew media outlets featured the clip, the…

By Noam Sheizaf September 14, 2012

WATCH: Palestinian violently dragged by ununiformed soldiers

A video uploaded Tuesday by the International Solidarity movement shows a young Palestinian man being violently dragged from checkpoint 56 in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. The young men dragging him appear to be soldiers out of uniform during some sort of sport activity. I have requested comment from the…

By Mairav Zonszein August 15, 2012