Israel uses Ramadan to launch mass West Bank abduction and intimidation campaign

Israel occupation forces have used Ramadan to launch a mass campaign of arrests and intimidation against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Youth Movement has rightly condemned this as “collective punishment”.

In Al-Khalil (‘Hebron’) troops were filmed marching blindfolded and zip-tied Palestinians along the street:

 

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The occupation seized numerous homes to use them as for bases and surveillance and imposed a curfew that prevented Palestinians from breaking their Ramadan fast for the day.

The attacks and oppression again expose the inhumanity and hypocrisy of the racist colony. Israel condemns any actions against it during holy festivals as especially barbaric. Yet it is using the holiest period for Muslims to further oppress and fragment Palestinian life under occupation.

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