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New immigrants to Israel living in the southern town of Dimona study Hebrew at a state-sponsored ulpan, January 12, 1955. (Moshe Pridan/GPO)

The new Hebrew language schools challenging Zionist narratives

How does language shape reality? How does reality shape language? Welcome to the postmodern discourse, where several new Hebrew-language programs are embracing critical pedagogy to leverage social change. By Laura Selz Only a century ago, Jews in Jerusalem spoke French, Yiddish or Arabic, that is, until a few devoted secular Zionists like Eliezer Ben-Yehuda re-invented…

By +972 Magazine June 18, 2016

An activist shouts slogans during the final day of the March for Freedom of migrants, Brussels, Belgium, June 20, 2014. (Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Asylum seekers march for freedom in Europe and Israel

This week: activists in Europe and in Israel’s Holot detention center mark International Refugee Day with marches for asylum seekers’ rights. Click for +972’s full coverage of the asylum seeker struggle in Israel Photo diary: Inside ‘Holot’ detention center for asylum seekers

By Activestills June 27, 2014

A Palestinian man stands in front of Israeli border policemen next to an outer wall of his house that had a graffiti writing sprayed on it, reading: "We will not remain silent over stone throwing" (loose translation). The price tag action in which two Palestinian-owned houses were spray painted and at least 20 cars were vandalized took place in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem, June 24, 2013. (Photo by guest photographer: Tali Mayer/Activestills.org)

From price tag attacks to global gay pride: A week in photos – June 20-26

This week: A hunger striker bakes bread, African immigrants celebrate refugee rights, LGBT activists take to the streets around the world, price tag attacks hit Palestinian East Jerusalem, weekly West Bank demonstrations continue, an eviction is avoided, and privatization protests spread to Jerusalem.

By Activestills June 28, 2013

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Knesset member MK Micheal Ben Ari shouting slogans during an anti-immigrant demonstration, organized by members of his political party as part of their election campaign, in South Tel Aviv on December 31, 2012. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Migrants celebrate new year amidst rightist march

Despite a demonstration led by MK Michael Ben-Ari calling for mass deportations, and alongside a heavy police presence, south Tel Aviv’s immigrants celebrated the new year. As 2012 came to an end, the situation of the thousands of migrant workers and asylum seekers in Israel remains as uncertain as ever. As a grim reminder of…

By Activestills January 2, 2013

Demonstrators walk inside a cloud of tear gas shot by the Israeli army during the weekly protest against the wall and the occupation in the West Bank village of Bil'in, December 21, 2012. (photo by: Guest photographer Hamde Abu Rahma/ Activestills.org)

A week in photos: December 20-26

‘Tis the season for a winter wonderland at weekly demonstrations, shepherds tending their flocks visited by an unheavenly host, ‘no room at the inn’ for African immigrants, five hunger strikers, and a partridge in a pear tree.

By Activestills December 27, 2012

Muslims march in Buckinghamshire, England to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. (photo by MonkeySimon CC BY 2.0)

Autoxenophobia: The ‘demographic threat’ goes worldwide

The real demographic balance that should worry liberal, humanist, open and progressive people is the number of xenophobes in our society, rather than the number of people with beards, skullcaps or hijabs. By Dubi Kanengisser When I lived in Toronto, I used to jokingly exclaim “man, I hate those immigrants.” Like all jokes, this had a…

By +972 Magazine October 3, 2012

An Israeli soldier prevents a Palestinian cameraman to document the house to house search conducted by the Israeli army in the center of the village during the weekly protest against the occupation and settlements in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 24, 2012. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: August 22-29

Demolitions and arrests in the West Bank, solidarity with Rachel Corrie’s family, preparing for war, and more. Activestills images tell the stories of the week. Activestills is a collective of Israeli, international and Palestinian photographers, united by a conviction that photography is a vehicle for political and social change. To stay updated on our latest images, like…

By Activestills August 30, 2012