Hebron bears brunt of Israel’s crackdown

Israeli soldiers at the northern entrance of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron in early November.-Wisam HashlamounAPA images

Protesters call on Israel to transfer the bodies of slain Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron in early November.-Anne PaqActiveStills

Charlotte Silver-10 December 2015

“The main goal is to make Tel Rumeida as Shuhada street: empty from Palestinians,” Issa Amro of the activist group Youth Against Settlements told The Electronic Intifada.

Late last month Israeli settlers stormed the offices of Amro’s group in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, demanding that the army shut it down.
Hebron Bears Brunt of Israel’s Crackdown by Thavam Ratna