4: People's Resistance in the South Hebron Hills

The International Solidarity Movement Podcast

In the fourth episode of the International Solidarity Movement podcast we speak to Hafez Hurreini, a veteran organiser from the village of At-Tuwani. Hafez is the father of Sami, who we interviewed in episode three.

When we did our interview, Hafez had a metal pin in his arm after a brutal attack by settlers in September 2022. His attackers had claimed that it was Hafez that attacked them, and he was arrested and imprisoned. It was only because of footage of the attack taken by international volunteers proving what really happened that Hafez escaped a long prison sentence.

We asked Hafez about the work of the Popular Resistance Committee of the South Hebron Hills, and about the successes they have had in their struggle. Hafez was also involved in founding the Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee, and he talks about that too.

View the episode transcript here

Links:

• Reimagining Liberation through the Popular Committees - by Layth Hanbali for Al Shabaka
• Armed settlers assaulted a Palestinian man. Guess who’s in jail? - by Oren Ziv for 972 Magazine
• Masafer Yatta - communities Israel is trying to drive out - by Btselem
• Save Masafer Yatta website
• International Solidarity Movement call to action - Masafer Yatta

If you would like an explanation of the terms used in this podcast, you can find a useful glossary on pages 140-154 of Shoal Collective's Ebook Interviews with Radical Palestinian Women.

Supported by Shoal Collective.