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Students from the Palestinian village of A-Tuba in the South Hebron Hills walk to school as the Israeli army escorts them to protect them from settler violence. (Rachel Shor)

To avoid settlers, the Israeli army escorts these Palestinian schoolchildren

For the past 15 years, soldiers have escorted the children of A-Tuba in the South Hebron Hills to their school in order to protect them from settler violence. This is what their daily journey looks like.

By Yuval Abraham September 2, 2019

A Ta'ayush activist is carried away after being attacked by settlers in the illegal outpost of Mitzpe Yair, South Hebron Hills, August 25, 2018. (Nasser Nawaja/B'Tselem)

‘Spilling enemy blood is allowed’: After settler attack, Israeli activists speak out

Four left-wing Israeli activists were taken to a hospital after being violently attacked by settlers in the West Bank on Saturday. Violence by settlers against activists has grown more common over the past few months, yet it seems the authorities are doing very little to stop it. When I heard the initial reports that settlers from the…

By Orly Noy August 26, 2018

Israeli forces raiding the Sumud Freedom Camp, Sarura, West Bank, May 29, 2017. (Nasser Nawajah)

Israeli forces raid Palestinian-Jewish protest camp for third time in 10 days

Israeli soldiers and police officers showed up at the Sumud Freedom Camp in the south Hebron hills on Monday morning, confiscating and destroying property and detaining three Palestinian activists. Israeli soldiers and Border Police raided the Sumud Freedom Camp in the south Hebron hills for the third time on Monday morning, destroying and confiscating property…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 30, 2017

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Havat Maon settlers throwing stones at Israeli activists, March 28, 2015 (photo: Ta'ayush)

WATCH: Masked settlers throw stones at Israeli activists

Incident comes one week after six-year-old girl was wounded by stone-throwing in the exact same location. Settlers from the illegal outpost Havat Maon in the southern West Bank hurled rocks at a group of Israeli activists on Saturday, just one week after a six-year old Palestinian girl was attacked and wounded in her head in the…

By Mairav Zonszein March 29, 2015

File photo of settlers threatening Israeli activists and Palestinians with sticks in front of the Ma´on settlement, South Hebron hills. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Settlers attack, wound six-year-old Palestinian girl

West Bank settlers attacked a six-year-old Palestinian girl with rocks in the South Hebron Hills on Saturday, wounding her in the head, according to Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem. The girl was wounded after a group of masked settlers threw rocks at her near the entrance to the illegal outpost of Havat Maon, said B’Tselem.…

By Edo Konrad March 21, 2015

IDF soldier turns a blind eye to violent settlers from Havat Maon (photo: Israeli Ta'ayush activist)

WATCH: IDF turns blind eye to settlers throwing stones at Israeli activists

On Saturday, a group of Israeli activists came under attack from masked settlers who used slingshots to hurl stones at them while they walked between Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills, close to the illegal outpost of Havat Maon. According to the Israeli Ta’ayush activist who filmed the video, they immediately called the police upon…

By Mairav Zonszein September 24, 2012

Olive trees destroyed by settlers in at-Tuwani, southern West Bank (Yaniv Mazor)

WATCH: Olive trees destroyed by settlers in South Hebron Hills

Ta’ayush activists found 10 mature olive trees mangled on Saturday in an olive grove belonging to Palestinians from the village of at-Tuwani, in the South Hebron Hills. The settlers are from the illegal outpost of Havat Maon, a place known for settler violence and harassment. This 3-minute video taken by an Israeli Ta’ayush activist speaks…

By Mairav Zonszein August 5, 2012

Armed settler in At-Tuwani on Friday (photo: Operation Dove)

PHOTOS: Settlers march through Palestinian village

On Friday morning, a group of Israeli settlers entered the West Bank Palestinian village of At-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. The settlers, who were escorted by the Israeli military, marched through the village in what seemed to be an attempt to intimidate and provoke Palestinian residents. Several of the settlers were armed According to…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat February 5, 2012