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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…
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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…
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Activestills
May 10, 2019
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…
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Oren Ziv
June 26, 2018
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A year in photos: Palestine-Israel in 2013
It is difficult to summarize and reflect on 365 days, especially in a place as eventful as Palestine-Israel. This year, Activestills photographers covered hundreds of events, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. The following selection is a narrow peek into the amazing struggles and troubling events that took place in 2013. For a…
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Activestills
December 31, 2013
From Prawer Plan protests to house demolitions: A week in photos – August 29 – September 4
This week: Demonstrations agains the occupation, Prawer-Begin Plan protests, house demolitions, gas mask distribution and settlements behind walls.
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Activestills
September 6, 2013
Photo essay: Susya’s women share their life through a lens
The women of the Palestinian village of Susya tell their stories through the lens of a camera. A participatory photography project coordinated by Activestills. By Activestills Around 400 people from 45 shepherds’ and farmers’ families are living in the Palestinian village of Susya, located in Area C (which is under Israeli military and civil control) in…
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Activestills
July 31, 2012
Photo essay: West Bank home demolished by Israel is rebuilt
International volunteers join Palestinians and Israelis to build ‘alternative facts on the ground’ in defiance of Israeli demolition policy. By Activestills Six months after Israeli bulldozers demolished the house of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh, Palestinian workers, Israeli activists, and international volunteers gathered to celebrate their successful efforts to rebuild it. Dubbed “Beit Arabiya” (“Arabiya’s House”),…
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Activestills
July 17, 2012
IMAGE: News photographer’s wounds
Oren Ziv is one of the founders of Activestills, the photo agency that +972 has been working with since the site was launched. Activestills’ photographers are present in places that other media organizations often avoid: On their flickr photostream you can see images from the front lines of unarmed protest in Palestinian villages, arrests of…
By
Noam Sheizaf
May 17, 2012
Does Israel’s cultural life offer hope for its democracy?
Over at the Project Democracy blog, which I am writing for ACRI‘s democracy initiative, I responded to a post Mati Shemeolof wrote last week for +972 Magazine. Shemeolof describes his fellow bloggers’ gloom regarding the future of Israel’s democracy by putting forward the theory that the situation is not really all that bad. In his…
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Lisa Goldman
November 10, 2010
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