Shuhada Street
Hebron Demonstration Attacked by Soldiers; Six Arrested
Soldiers and Border Police officers attacked a peaceful demonstration in the Old City of Hebron today. A Palestinian, an Israeli, a Swede and three French activists were arrested.
Demonstrators Demand Israel Opens the Segregated Shuhada Street in Hebron
Demonstrators and press forced back by soldiers
On the 16th anniversary to the Goldstine Massacre at the Cave of Patriarchs, in which 29 Palestinians were slain by the the Kiryat Arba Setteler, and the closing of the Shuhada Street to Palestinians following it, demonstrators defied segregation and marched on the forbidden street. The protest, organized by the local Youth Against Settlements group, took place amidst recent israeli provocations at the Cave of the Patriarch.