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Breaking the wall of denial: In memory of Yossi Gurvitz
Gurvitz revolutionized activist-journalism in Israel, blazing a path for many of us to challenge the mainstream discourse and speak out about the occupation.
By
Noam Sheizaf
February 21, 2023
Israeli activist persecuted by far-right group marks one month in custody
Israel has been holding Jonathan Pollak in custody since the beginning of January, after an extreme-right group filed a suit against him for protesting in the West Bank.
By
Oren Ziv
February 4, 2020
As a Palestinian rights defender, I’m proud to stand with Jonathan Pollak
The Israeli military court where I stood trial for false charges, and the civil court where my friend faces his, are part of the same unjust system.
By
Mohammed Khatib
January 15, 2020
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+972 Magazine’s Editor’s Picks of 2015
As 2015 comes to a close, +972 Magazine’s editors and bloggers look back at the year that was, and share the articles that most resonated with them – in no particular order. By +972 Magazine Staff Meet the new generation of Palestinians in Israel To most Jewish Israelis they don’t have names or faces. At worst…
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+972 Magazine
December 22, 2015
An unsettling moment of justice under occupation
Did a Palestinian activist see justice only because the soldier who shot him was an Arab? In a rare piece of positive news, Haaretz reported Saturday that the Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court decided that 155,000 shekels ($40,200) should be paid in compensation to Rateb Abu Rahmeh, a Palestinian activist and university lecturer from the West Bank…
By
Amjad Iraqi
December 13, 2015
The Palestinian village that refuses to give up on popular struggle
Even after 11 years of struggle, the residents of Bil’in refuse to forget about the land that was taken from them. The year was 2006. The village Bil’in near Ramallah had already marked over a year of weekly protests against the separation barrier that cuts them off from their land. One day, during a hearing…
By
Haggai Matar
December 12, 2015
British national challenges Israel’s policy of deporting peace activists
Israel’s Interior Ministry banned British peace activist Gary Spedding from the country for 10 years, claiming that he was an anti-Semitic liar who might start a riot. Unlike other activists who have suffered the same fate, Spedding isn’t giving up without a fight. An Israeli court is slated to rule next month on a case…
By
Haggai Matar
August 24, 2015
The IDF’s new tool for tracking Palestinian protesters: Drones
What has four propellors and a camera? Participants in the weekly protests against the separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in were surprised Friday to find that the army was using a new tool to put down the demonstrations. For the first time, a small drone equipped with four propellors and a camera…
By
Haggai Matar
August 15, 2015
PHOTOS: Showing Israeli soldiers the red card in Nabi Saleh
The campaign to expel Israel from FIFA makes its way to the weekly anti-occupation protests in the West Bank. As the world watched the FIFA Congress Friday to see whether the international soccer organization would vote to expel Israel from the association, today’s weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh took the form of a soccer game.…
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 29, 2015
PHOTOS: Palestinians mark Prisoners Day, IDF responds with live fire
Thousands of Palestinians mark Prisoners Day across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. President Abbas calls for releasing Palestinian prisoners, while Hamas calls for kidnapping Israelis. By Oren Ziv / Activestills and Haggai Matar Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis and international activists marched in the West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday to mark Palestinian…
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Activestills
April 17, 2015
New books document 10 years of protest in Bil’in
‘Occupied Palestine Through My Lens’ is a visual chronicle of the West Bank village’s struggle against the Israeli separation barrier. ‘Children of Bil’in’ is a book of portraits of youngsters from the village, the proceeds of which will benefit Palestinian children with cancer. When the bulldozers arrived in Bil’in for the first time, in February…
By
Haggai Matar
April 3, 2015
A Month in Photos: Popular struggle, come hell or high water
Editors’ picks of the top photos from Palestine, Israel and beyond for the month of February. This month, Palestinians establish a new protest tent, ultra-Orthodox Jews protest military recruitment, Israeli factory workers protest job cuts, a 14-year-old Palestinian girl is released from prison after 44 days, Negev Bedouin mourn their lost ones, Bil’in marks 10…
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Activestills
March 2, 2015
No, Arab MKs don’t ‘care too much’ about the occupation
Israel’s Arab politicians are often attacked for ‘dealing too much’ with the Palestinian issue. But if they don’t speak up for a people who lack even the most basic civil rights, who will? One of the most-repeated criticism of Israel’s Palestinian members of Knesset, which always come up around election time, is that they “deal…
By
Haggai Matar
March 1, 2015
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