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Israeli police repressing anti-war protests with ‘iron fist,’ say activists
Since October 7, Israel's police have systematically banned, restricted, and attacked protests against the army's assault on Gaza, instilling a sense of fear among Jewish and Palestinian citizens alike.
By
Oren Ziv
January 24, 2024
At local festivals, Palestinian cinema steps out of its comfort zone
Two film festivals in Haifa and Jerusalem showcased an appetite for a Palestinian cinema scene that is thriving despite many obstacles.
By
Vera Sajrawi
August 16, 2023
The yoga teacher guiding Palestinians to reclaim their bodies
Maya Odeh craved a yoga space that would understand her experience as a Palestinian woman living under Israeli apartheid. So she created it.
By
Vera Sajrawi
July 18, 2023
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The Palestinian group building power through youth
Baladna head Nidaa Nassar explains how the Haifa-based NGO is raising a generation of Palestinians to overcome their fragmentation and erasure.
By
Vera Sajrawi
June 21, 2023
Sharifa’s Nakba: Retracing my family’s escape from Haifa
+972 editor Vera Sajrawi sets out to uncover the hidden story of her grandparents' expulsion in 1948, walking the streets on which they used to live before being made refugees in their own homeland.
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Vera Sajrawi
May 15, 2023
‘What is this place I long for?’ A Palestinian musician’s healing journey
Rasha Nahas speaks to +972 about opening emotional wounds on her new Arabic album, the 'disarming' power of music, and navigating her identity between Haifa and Berlin.
By
Vera Sajrawi
February 2, 2023
Haifa’s lost Palestinian bourgeoisie
The story of the Boutagy family exemplifies how urban, middle-class Palestinians struggled to maintain their status in Israel after the Nakba.
By
Himmat Zoubi
January 6, 2022
‘A queer cry for freedom’: Meet the LGBTQ Palestinians demanding liberation
Hundreds of queer Palestinians protested last week following a tumultuous year for the community, which is forced to navigate between homophobia and anti-Palestinian racism.
By
Lilach Ben David
August 2, 2020
In Haifa, a display of Palestinian grassroots power
The combined efforts of Palestinians in using their bodies, cameras, and voices to support detained protesters made it impossible for the police to hide the severity of their actions. The release of 19 Palestinian citizens of Israel on Monday, who had been arrested since Friday, after police violently dispersed a demonstration in Haifa against last…
By
Amjad Iraqi
May 21, 2018
‘Police broke my knee, threatened my doctors,’ Arab civil society leader tells court
Seven require medical treatment for injuries sustained during their arrests or while in custody, including Jafar Farah, who says an officer broke his knee inside the police station. Police file criminal complaint against Arab MK Ayman Odeh for calling the officers who refused to let him visit a hospitalized protester ‘losers’. Israeli police arrested 21…
By
Oren Ziv
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Yali (Yael) Marom
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Meron Rapoport
May 21, 2018
‘Open up or we’ll tase you’: Police arrest activists protesting Gaza violence
In the northern city of Haifa, Israeli police are arresting activists who are organizing demonstrations against the violence in Gaza. Israeli police arrested and interrogated a number of Palestinian and Jewish political activists from the northern city of Haifa over the past several days, due to their participation in demonstrations following the killing of over…
By
Orly Noy
May 18, 2018
Palestinian film festival seeks to challenge Israel’s cultural erasure
For the third straight year, local Palestinian as well as Arab filmmakers from across the world will be able to showcase their work in the Haifa Independent Film Festival. For the next six days, film lovers will flock to the north for the third annual Haifa Independent Film Festival, which will include both Palestinian films, as well as…
By
Rami Younis
March 23, 2018
WATCH: The Arab youth mainstreaming Palestinian identity in Israel
Today, many young Arab citizens of Israel are no longer afraid of being proud of their Palestinian identity. Yet there is a general sense that the establishment is trying to prevent them from defining their own identity. What happens when Arabs who take pride in their people want to ‘make it’ into the mainstream? The third and final part in a series on Palestinian…
By
Rami Younis
January 25, 2017
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