Palestinian teachers and students defy order to be photographed at a checkpoint
Nov 25, 2018Local sources said Israeli forces prevented students and teachers from entering their school in the center of Hebron City, after demanding to take their pictures before crossing the al-Shuhada Street checkpoint. Israeli forces reportedly demanded to photograph each student and teacher upon their arrival to the school and before they cross the checkpoint. Sources pointed out that students and teachers refused to be photographed and humiliated, which led to Israeli forces holding them at the checkpoint for over an hour, before allowing them to cross through. During the past week, Israeli forces had also assaulted dozens of Palestinian school students and the principal of the same school. Palestinian residents of the Old City of Hebron face a large Israeli military presence on a daily basis, with at least 32 permanent and partial checkpoints set up at the entrances of many streets….http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781780Funeral of slain Palestinian sets off near RamallahRAMALLAH (Ma‘an) 11 Nov — Thousands of Palestinians marched, on Sunday, in the funeral of a Palestinian who succumbed to his wounds sustained two weeks ago by Israeli forces during clashes in the al-Mazraa al-Gharbiyeh village, north of the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah. Muhammad Ibrahim Shreitah, 26, succumbed to his wounds after he was shot and wounded by Israeli live ammunition during clashes that erupted in the al-Mazraa al-Gharbiyeh village about two weeks ago. Medical sources at the Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah City, where Shreitah was transferred for treatment, confirmed that he was shot and wounded in the head by Israeli forces.http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781761Israeli forces attack, injure dozens of Palestinian students in HebronHEBRON (Ma‘an) 11 Nov — Dozens of Palestinians students and teachers suffered from tear-gas inhalation, on Sunday, after Israeli forces attacked them while participating in a peaceful rally commemorating the 14th anniversary of th...