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International Peace Activists Protest against Limit on travel at Internal checkpoints in Hebron
Citizens of Hebron and international and Israeli peace activists demonstrated on Saturday the limit on travel by marching to the internal checkpoints in the city.
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Many international and local peace activists staged the demonstration before the Israeli checkpoint in al-Shuhada’ street, which has been blocked since 1994.
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Protestors carried placards calling for achieving peace, and played world music works calling for peace.
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Earlier on last Friday, International Solidarity Movement said in a press release that demonstrators will select one of the internal checkpoints to be protested against as a symbol of all limits on travel for Palestinians.
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