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‘When I look at the Prawer Plan, I see another Nakba’
+972 speaks with Suhad Bishara, of Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, about the challenges of fighting for Palestinian rights in Israel and deciding when not to take legal action in Israeli courts – if doing so would undermine the Palestinian narrative. When looking at Israel’s Prawer-Begin Plan to evict tens…
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Matt Surrusco
July 14, 2013
WATCH: IDF arrests Palestinian brothers, Israeli activists while grazing herds
IDF arrests two Palestinian shepherds, four Israeli activists in Um al-Kheir, after declaring the site a closed military zone. In the same West Bank village where the IDF recently demolished an outdoor toilet built for a disabled person, the army arrested four Israeli activists and two Palestinian residents Saturday in the south Hebron hills, for “entering a closed…
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Matt Surrusco
July 7, 2013
Applying runners’ wisdom to the fight for human rights
+972 speaks with Gisha’s executive director Sari Bashi about changing the Israeli policy of restricting Palestinian freedom of movement, one legal victory at a time, and transforming Israeli public perceptions of Palestinians in Gaza. Behind her desk in her Tel Aviv office, Sari Bashi has two things hanging on her wall. On the left is…
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Matt Surrusco
July 7, 2013
‘Sesame Street’ puppeteers launch campaign for E. Jerusalem theater
Well-known children’s show actors launch puppet-themed protests against Israel’s cancelation of a Palestinian children’s festival at the Hakawati Theater in East Jerusalem. The creative protests over a cancelled Palestinian children’s festival continued online this week, as puppeteers from the Israeli version of “Sesame Street” opened a new Facebook page in protest. Ariel Doron, the voice…
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Matt Surrusco
July 2, 2013
‘Occupation will never be consistent with human rights’
+972 speaks with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel’s executive director Hagai El-Ad, discussing bittersweet legal victories, the downward trajectory of civil rights in Israel and how ACRI is facing its greatest challenge, winning over the Israeli public. Hagai El-Ad’s change in career paths came from a self-realization that his destiny was not in…
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Matt Surrusco
June 30, 2013
Artists, activists and theater lovers gather to protest closure of Palestinian children’s festival
At East Jerusalem demonstration against the banning on an annual children’s festival, friends of el-Hakawati Theater share past memories and present disappointment. Festival programs and posters were laid out on a table outside the theater. More were stacked in an office on the floor, still in packaging. At el-Hakawati, the Palestinian National Theatre in East…
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Matt Surrusco
June 28, 2013
WATCH: Israeli puppeteer creates video calling for end to ‘Israel’s war on puppets’
After the Israeli government cancelled an annual theater festival for Palestinian children, Ariel Doron pulled out his puppet collection in protest. Sometimes protest comes in the form of puppets. An Israeli puppeteer from Jaffa published a short video online, featuring four puppets and an inflatable hammer from his collection, calling for viewers to sign a…
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Matt Surrusco
June 27, 2013
Israeli authors lend their names in effort to save Palestinian villages
Ahead of High Court case, authors sign petition, tour south Hebron Hills villages in support of one thousand residents facing possible eviction. Twenty-four prominent Israeli writers recently signed a petition in support of Palestinians in danger of eviction from their homes in the South Hebron Hills. Next to Israeli activists, foreign journalists and Palestinian residents,…
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Matt Surrusco
June 26, 2013
Supporting roles: Men stand in solidarity with Women of the Wall
While the running debate at the Western Wall has been over women’s prayer, Jewish men have been playing a supporting role in shifting ‘local custom.’ Women of the Wall may be exactly what their name implies: women. But standing and praying in solidarity with them this month were several dozen Jewish men. In between police…
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Matt Surrusco
June 10, 2013
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