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Palestinians pray outside Al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli police limited access to the mosque for young worshipers to prevent possible clashes, Ras al-Amud, East Jerusalem, March 14, 2014. (photo: Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Prayer, protests, and arrests in the streets

This week: Behind the wall in East Jerusalem, praying in the street outside Al-Aqsa, rude gestures from an Egged bus, fighters’ remains return to Nablus, unions on the march in South Africa, African immigrants seek visas in Israel, youth arrested at Damascus Gate, remembering Rachel Corrie, and a Gaza doctor denied entry …

By Activestills March 20, 2014

Palestinians use a ladder to climb over the Israeli wall in A-Ram, north of Jerusalem, on their way to Al-Aqsa mosque, in the Old city of Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayer in the fasting month of Ramadan, 19 July 2013. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

From Ramadan ordeals to housing protests: A week in photos – July 18-24

This week, West Bank Palestinians make their way to Jerusalem to pray in al Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, African asylum seekers protest the country’s Anti-Infiltrator Law outside the attorney general’s home, an Israeli human rights worker is shot by Israeli forces and Israelis demonstrate for housing rights. …

By Activestills July 25, 2013

Palestinians from the West Bank village of Kfer Qaddum celebrate two years of the popular struggle in their village, July 4, 2013. There have been regular demonstrations in Kfer Qaddum since July, 2011, protesting the blocking of the main road east of the village which used to link it to Nablus. (Photo by: Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

From settlement protests to settlement construction: A week in photos – July 4-10

This week: Palestinians protest settlements as their construction continues unabated; activists participate in weekly demonstrations and celebrate milestones in the popular struggle; Israeli authorities raid Eritrean-owned shops in Tel Aviv; housing activists protest Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid, and Guy Fawkes marches in Boston.

By Activestills July 11, 2013

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The bereaved mother and sister of Muhammad Asfour cry at his funeral in the West Bank village of Abud, March 8, 2013. Muhammad Asfour, 22, was hit in the head by a rubber coated steel bullet, shot by an Israeli soldier on February 22, 2013 during clashes at the entrance to his home village of Abud, northwest of Ramallah, during a solidarity protest for hunger striking Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
Asfour succumbed to his fatal injury after two weeks in the hospital. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

From a mother’s grief to an immigrant’s fear: A week in photos – March 7-13

This week: The funeral of a Palestinian killed by Israeli forces; olive tree planters face settlers and soldiers; Women of the Wall’s protest; a Palestinian action against family separations; Beit Safafa resists a road; solidarity with Samer Issawi continues; Israelis protest for human rights and animal rights, and African immigrants face anger in Tel Aviv.…

By Activestills March 14, 2013