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MK Ayman Odeh lies wounded from sponge-tipped bullets next to Israeli police in the Bedouin village of Umm el-Hiran, Negev, January 18, 2017. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

New evidence backs Arab MK’s claims that police shot him

An investigation by a London-based research center shows MK Ayman Odeh was shot with a sponge-tipped bullet during clashes in Umm al-Hiran in 2017. Police repeatedly claimed he was hit by a stone thrown by one of the protesters. New evidence suggests Israeli police shot Palestinian Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet during…

By Oren Ziv June 5, 2019

WATCH: Palestinians ‘Dare to Dream’ as Eurovision event in Israel nears

This year’s Eurovision slogan is ‘Dare to Dream.’ Activestills asked Palestinians what their dreams are. Israel will be hosting the Eurovision Song Contest this year, with some 200 million people expected to watch from around the world. The event, which will take place from May 14 to May 18 in Tel Aviv, falls around Nakba Day, during…

By Activestills May 10, 2019

Pictures of slain Palestinian demonstrators hang on barbed wire near the Gaza-Israel separation barrier. June 26, 2018. (Oren Ziv / Activestills.org)

Activists hang photos of Return March dead on Israel-Gaza fence

Answering a call from Palestinian civil society, Israeli activists hang pictures of 119 slain Palestinian demonstrators on barbed wire fence near the Gaza-Israel fence. By Oren Ziv Nearly three months after the Great Return March protests in Gaza began, Israeli and international activists hung pictures of 119 slain Palestinian demonstrators on the barbed wire fence…

By Oren Ziv June 26, 2018

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Hungarian policemen attack refugees during a protest in front a closed gate on the Serbian side of the Serbian-Hungarian border, September 16, 2015.

Refugee crisis: The long journey through Europe

They arrive as families or individuals. They hail from Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan. They travel by sea to Greece or by foot through Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Austria. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are seeking countries to host them. Activestills photographers were there to capture the journey. Photos by: Yotam Ronen, Oren Ziv, Mareike lauken,…

By Activestills September 27, 2015

Siyam family, attacked by 2 missiles launched by drones, Rafah, Gaza Strip, 21.07.2014. 13 members killed.
In the photo- Nabil (33), whose arm was amputated following his injuries, stands with his only child who survived, Bader, also seriously injured in the attack. Nabil lost his wife, and 4 of her 5 children. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Call for action: Street campaign remembers Gaza’s ‘obliterated families’

There were 142 so-called ‘obliterated families’ in Gaza last summer — families that lost three or more members in Israeli attacks during the military offensive. Marking one year since the war, the Activestills photography collective wants your help to launch an international street exhibition to bring their faces and names to public spaces in cities around…

By Activestills July 3, 2015

An injured Palestinian child awaits treatment at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City following Israeli attacks, July 30, 2014. Basel Yazouri / Activestills.org

Learning to photograph while running in Gaza

Opening at Jaffa Theatre on Thursday as part of Tel Aviv’s Solidarity Festival, an exhibition will feature the work of Activestills, including Gaza photographer Basel Yazouri. Having joined Activestills a few months before last summer’s offensive, his work has been published in various international platforms, including +972 Magazine. But unlike his Israeli colleagues, the 19-year-old Gaza City resident…

By Activestills April 29, 2015

An Israeli border policeman uses pepper spray against a protester during a demonstration marking a decade of popular struggle against the wall in the West Bank village Bil'in, February 27, 2015. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Pepper spray and arrests as Bil’in marks decade of struggle

Text by Haggai Matar Photos by Yotam Ronen, Shiraz Grinbaum, Miki Kratsman / Activestills.org Nearly 1,000 protesters — Palestinians, Israelis and internationals — marched to celebrate 10 years of popular struggle in the West Bank village Bil’in. Soldiers responded with tear gas, pepper spray and arrests. One Palestinian was badly wounded. Meanwhile, activists marked 21…

By Haggai Matar February 28, 2015

Demonstrators dismantle a section of the wall during a demonstration marking the fifth anniversary of the struggle against the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bil'in, Friday, 19, 2010. By: Anne Paq / Activestills.org

Bil’in: Photographing a decade of popular struggle

Activestills photographers have been documenting the popular struggle protests against the Israeli Wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in from their inception in 2005. The following is a selection with personal stories marking 10 years of their work in the village. The village of Bil’in will mark a decade of nonviolent protests and popular…

By Activestills February 24, 2015

The 2014 “Local Testimony” competition. (Activestills.org)

‘Activestills’ photographers featured in ‘Local Testimony’ competition

Photojournalism exhibition opens in Tel Aviv. Works by Tali Mayer, Yotam Ronen and Oren Ziv of Activestills are among those being featured for their work in 2014. Photographers from the Activestills collective, partners of +972 Magazine, Yotam Ronen, Tali Mayer and Oren Ziv are among the winners of the 2014 “Local Testimony” photojournalism competition. The…

By +972 Magazine December 17, 2014

A Palestinian child with ash on his face sits in one of the newly established camps with metal caravan shelters for displaced people in the village of Khuza’a, eastern Gaza Strip, November 9, 2014. (photo: Activestills.org)

Photos of the month: Jerusalem ignites while Gaza still smolders

As violence increased in Jerusalem, residents of war-torn Gaza continued struggling to survive and cope with slow reconstruction and approaching winter weather. These and other images in our month in photos, November 2014. …

By Activestills December 1, 2014

Palestinian youths taking cover during clashes that broke out in East Jerusalem following the suspected kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager, East Jerusalem, July 2, 2014. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Palestinian teen murdered in suspected ‘revenge kidnapping’

Heavy clashes take place in a number of East Jerusalem neighborhoods, leading to dozens of injuries, including two photographers from Activestills; Kerry conveys condolences to the Palestinian people over despicable murder; ‘revenge’ calls spread throughout Israeli social networks, streets of Jerusalem. Clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli police broke out Wednesday morning when news broke of…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 2, 2014

A slogan covering Activestills photos between two Israeli flags placed by nationalist students as a response to the exhibition. The students protested "un equal representation of the conflict", in their words, during a conference titled "Visual Culture Between Obedience and Resistance", Ramat Gan, Israel, March 30, 2014. (Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)

Out of sight, out of mind: Right-wing students tear down Activestills photo exhibit

Right-wing students vandalized an Activestills photo exhibition at an academic conference entitled “Visual Culture Between Obedience and Resistance,” a few hours before the opening reception was to take place in Ramat Gan on Sunday. The Activestills photography collective was invited to exhibit 70 images from its archives and present them at the central vitrine in the Shenkar…

By Activestills April 2, 2014

A Palestinian youth places a flag on the Israeli wall during a protest marking 9 years for the struggle against the wall in the West Bank village of Bilin, February 28, 2014. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Climbing the wall in Bil’in

This week: Climbing the wall, filling the streets, remembering the Nakba, resisting displacement and saving the chickens.

By Activestills March 6, 2014