- Violation: sealing off bookshops
- Location: Hebron city
- Date: April 17, 2017
- Perpetrators: Israeli Occupation Forces
- Victims: owners of bookshops
Details:
Israeli Occupation Forces sealed three bookshops off at dawn of April 17, 2017 and confiscated some of their equipments in Hebron city. The bookshops are Mohammad Cultural Bookshop, Husam Bookshop and Dar Al-Isra'a Bookshop. All three bookshop were closed by oxygen welding.
- Mohammad Cultural Bookshop
Israeli Occupation Forces closed Mohammad Bookshop via oxygen welding and hanged a military order stating closure on it until April 27, 2017. The force also hanged a minutes of confiscation stating the confiscation of hard desks, drive pins, cellular sim-cards and a stamp.
Photos 1+2: sings of closure
Photo 3: the closure order hanged on the bookshop's door
Owner of the bookshop, Mohammad Al-Tarshan, told Land Research Center that a big number of the nearby Hebron University students got affected by the closure; they have their researches and studies pending to be printed out and submitted as course requirements. Al-Tarshan said that the bookshop started in 1985 to be a provider of printing services and other stationery tools for university students.
- Husam Bookshop
The bookshop owner, Husam Nasireddin said that he received a phone call at midnight from the guard of Palestine Polytechnic University PPU informing him that Israeli Occupation Forces broke into his bookshop and later welded it. Noteworthy, the bookshop is founded nearby the PPU. It is reported that the force hanged a military order stating closure on the bookshop until May 05, 2017. The force also hanged a minutes of confiscation stating the confiscation of hard desks, drive pins and a DVR.
Photos 4+5: sings of closure
Photo 6: the closure order hanged on the bookshop's door
Nasireddin said that the bookshop started in 2008 to be a provider of printing services and other stationery tools for university students.
- Dar Al-Isra'a Bookshop
Israeli Occupation Forces broke into Dar Al-Isra'a Bookshop in Hebron city center and closed it via oxygen welding. Noteworthy, the bookshop belongs to citizen Ali Dandis.
It is reported that the force hanged a military order stating closure on the bookshop until May 05, 2017. The force also hanged a minutes of confiscation stating the confiscation of hard desks, and some drive pins.
Photo 7: the military order of closure
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
