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Charged with killing Palestinian teen, two soldiers to walk free
Israeli soldiers shot 16-year-old Samir Awad eight times in the back, killing him. After a two-year delay, they were finally indicted. Now, five years after the killing, the prosecution is dropping the charges against them. Indictments against two former Israeli soldiers charged with killing an unarmed Palestinian teenager will be dropped, the state prosecutor announced Monday.…
By
Joshua Leifer
June 4, 2018
A victim is the suspect at the trial of the soldiers who killed him
Samir Awad was unarmed when he was shot in the back eight times by soldiers. During his killers’ trial, the judge and defense treated the dead boy as if he was the one being charged with a crime. In Israeli courts, the rare trial of a soldier who killed a Palestinian invariably becomes a trial…
By
Joshua Leifer
May 9, 2018
IDF releases leading Palestinian nonviolent activist Ayed Morrar
Morrar was released without even appearing before a judge. Ahmed, his son, remains in prison pending an investigation into posts he wrote on Facebook. Ayed Morrar, who led the Palestinian village of Budrus in a nonviolent struggle against the separation barrier, was released from prison on Wednesday after being arrested by Israeli security forces two…
By
Orly Noy
May 2, 2018
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PHOTOS: Israeli army attacks event for launch of graphic novel in Budrus
The Israeli military interrupts the launch event for a new graphic novel created by the makers of the documentary film ‘Budrus.’ Text by: Jessica Devaney, Photos by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Just Vision launched an Arabic graphic novel at the Budrus Girls School on Thursday. Created by Irene Nasser and based on the award-winning documentary, Budrus (directed…
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Activestills
May 3, 2013
In Bab Al-Shams, Palestinians create new facts on the ground
‘What made Bab Al-Shams significant was the fact that it asserted that Palestinian activists would not simply react to injustices the occupation laid at our doorstep, but that we were determined to create our own realities on the ground.’ By Irene Nasser Last week, I witnessed a remarkable victory for Palestinian unarmed civil resistance. Over…
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January 25, 2013
Palestinian teen killed by IDF near West Bank separation barrier
This is the fourth incident in the last week in which a Palestinian civilian was shot to death after trying to cross or coming close to an Israeli fence. Sixteen year-old Sameer Awwad from Budrus was killed Tuesday by IDF soldiers near the separation barrier at his village. Awwad, who was shot at least three…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 15, 2013
The Wall, 10 years on / part 11: Security for Israel?
The immediate trigger to start building the wall was the security of Israeli citizens. Ten years later, with all the known accumulated effects on Palestinians, nature, economy and political affairs – has the barrier fulfilled its stated goal for Israelis? Project photography: Oren Ziv / Activestills Standing on the cemetery mount in Budrus, at first…
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Haggai Matar
July 14, 2012
The Round Trip part 12: Too bad
From Kafr Qasim to Givon Hahadasha via a salvaged olive grove, a once-imprisoned pool-hall owner and a Portuguese-styled shower. On the train from my soft bed back to Rosh Ha’ayin the following morning, I read the freebie “Israel Hayom,” Israel’s most widely read newspaper. The chief headline refers to the brutal treatment of the Danish demonstrator…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
April 18, 2012
Mass Land Day demonstrations sweep Israel, Palestine
Tens of thousands of people participated in Land Day demonstrations in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Negev and the Galilee, as well as in Jordan and Lebanon. One person was killed, many were injured – several critically – and several were arrested in clashes with the Israeli army and police. Hamas…
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Haggai Matar
March 30, 2012
Most important Jewish anti-occupation group needs your support
Facing mounting legal costs, Anarchists against the Wall have issued an urgent plea for donations. This is why I think we should support them Anarchists Against The Wall is, at least in my opinion, the most important progressive political group to operate in Israel in the last decade. It’s hard to note in a short…
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Noam Sheizaf
June 26, 2011
Among tear gas and injuries, Bil’in celebrates victory
Hundreds gathered in the West bank village to witness the removal of the Separation Wall after more than six years of protest, but the IDF was in vindictive mood Bil’in, West Bank – It was a hot Friday in Bil’in – one of those early summer days here that remind you what to expect come…
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Noam Sheizaf
June 25, 2011
Watch “Budrus” – even if it’s a one-hit wonder
Despite the fact that the documentary film “Budrus” tells only a tiny part of the big picture, the hope it inspires is welcome By Jasmin Ramsey Have you heard of Budrus? It’s a Palestinian farming village of about 1,500 people near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. In 2003 Israel began constructing its “separation barrier”…
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June 12, 2011
WATCH: Private Israeli security guard attacks protesters with live fire
Israeli private security opens live fire on unarmed Israeli and Palestinians demonstrators. Army arrives and throws tear gas on the demonstrators. This morning, roughly 40 unarmed Palestinians among with four Israelis, held a demonstration at an illegal Israeli quarry built on the land of the villages of Ni’ilin and Budrus. As the demonstrators approached the quarry they could see an Israeli…
By
Joseph Dana
June 4, 2011
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