Israeli activists

Yasmin Eran-Vardy, Yaheli Chilik, and Matan Kadish, the three Israeli activists arrested in the South Hebron Hills on December 1, are brought before the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, December 2, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

Police escalate clampdown on anti-occupation activists in the South Hebron Hills

An altercation between a settler and Palestinians leads to a police raid on a Palestinian home and the summoning of three Israeli activists for questioning. Overnight they were turned into criminals.

By Oren Ziv December 2, 2021

Illustrative photo of Rabbi Arik Ascherman. (Oren Ziv)

Settlers suspected of sabotaging Israeli activist’s car as West Bank attacks rise

Rabbi Arik Ascherman, who had been helping Palestinian farmers defend their land, found his car wheels unbolted while driving in the West Bank.

By Oren Ziv January 14, 2021

Palestinian and Israeli activists block a bulldozer in the West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar, October 15, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Standing in the way of the machines preparing to destroy an entire village

Every time a home is destroyed, people lose a significant part of their world. But in Khan al-Ahmar it isn’t just a home — it is an entire community, their land, and their place in the world. By Karen Isaacs I am tired and my body hurts. I have slept very few hours this week and except for this…

By +972 Magazine October 18, 2018

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Mohammed Khatib, a Palestinian activist, is carried by the crowd celebrating in front of the Modiin Illit settlement following last week's moving of a section of the Separation Wall from lands belonging to the West Bank village of Bil'in, near Ramallah, July 1st, 2011. The village has started holding regular protests against the building of the Separation Wall on its lands and the occupation since 2005. Anne Paq / Activestills.org

Popular resistance in Palestine: Decline and hope for change

A decade ago popular protests against the separation wall, settlements, and occupation were the great promise of the Palestinian struggle. Now a new book takes a look at why these demonstrations were never actually able to bring out the Palestinian masses to the streets, and what activists can learn for the future. By Thimna Bunte…

By +972 Magazine March 7, 2016

Illustrative photo of digital surveillance. (Shutterstock.com)

Exclusive: The IDF is monitoring what Israeli citizens say on Facebook

Did you post the word ‘demonstration’ in Hebrew on Facebook? The army is keeping an eye on you. Did you use the word ‘Al Quds’ in Arabic in a WhatsApp conversation? You may have just been flagged as a terrorist. How the IDF contracts private tech companies to monitor Israeli citizens on social media. By…

By +972 Magazine July 15, 2015

Settler from Pnei Kedem throws stones at Palestinian farmers. (YouTube screenshot)

WATCH: Settlers assault, throw stones at Palestinian farmers

The villagers of Ash-Shuyukh have been trying to reach their lands for 10 years — each time they are attacked by settlers. When they arrived there on Saturday, Israeli activists had cameras ready. Settlers attacked a small group of Palestinian farmers from the village of Ash-Shuyukh who came to work their land near the settlements…

By Haggai Matar November 17, 2014

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WATCH: Israeli activists detained for filming illegal settlement construction

In the video below (filmed by an Israeli Ta’ayush activist on Monday April 1 and subtitled quickly by yours truly) a policeman approaches Israeli activists who regularly go to the South Hebron Hills (he knows all their names already) and informs them they are being detained. For what? For filming illegal construction at an illegal outpost…

By Mairav Zonszein April 3, 2013

South Sudanese refugees being deported (Activestills)

Photo essay: Refugees uprooted again in bid to expel foreigners

Text by: Rami Gudovitch All photos by: Activestills.org “Do you know, Rami, that I was in ‘Mustafa Mahmoud?’” Regina, a 12-year-old South Sudanese girl, asked me after she and her family were released from 27 days in an Israeli prison. Her father, a tall man with noticeable facial scars from the torture he underwent in…

By Activestills August 12, 2012

Tel Aviv District Police (Gellerj)

Outcry prompts police to call off interrogations of activists

In recent days several activists in the J14 movement across the country have been summoned to interrogations in various police stations with the stated goal of learning what their plans are for the coming summer. I was one of them. Today I showed up at the central district station in Tel Aviv only to find…

By Haggai Matar June 13, 2012

Clashes between settlers, police and activists in Anatot (photo: Activestills)

23 Israelis and Palestinians injured in settler attack outside Jerusalem

23 Israelis and Palestinians injured – some including broken bones and bloody gashes – in an attack by settlers from the settlement of Anatot just outside Jerusalem, West Bank According to Israeli activists, on Friday morning (Sept 30) Palestinian and Israeli activists were attacked by settlers near the settlement of Anatot, which is about 20…

By Mairav Zonszein September 30, 2011

Sidetracked in the West Bank

A couple of hours before Shabbat descended upon the rugged hills of the West Bank a group of Israelis were hiking in a small patch of trees near Ramalah. They hiked quickly and barely stopped to discuss the beauty of the surrounding nature. Occasionally, their unofficial leader (the one who know the trail) would stop…

By Joseph Dana December 7, 2010