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Israeli activists hold a protest in Tel Aviv against Israeli military rule over Palestinians in the West Bank, September 23, 2021. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

How this government will turn its Jewish critics into dissidents

The transformation of Israeli leftists into dissidents is a reminder that no one is safe from the attempts to turn the 'wrong kind' of Jews into enemies.

By Edo Konrad December 16, 2022

Israeli protesters carry signs saying 'Justice for Iyad' during anti-Netanyahu demonstrations in Jerusalem, July 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

‘No longer outcasts’: Anti-occupation activists find their place in Israeli protests

Left-wingers tried to insert their messages into mainstream Israeli protests for years, only to be rejected. Today's anti-Netanyahu protests are very different.

By Oren Ziv July 30, 2020

Over 150 Palestinians and Jews mark both the Jewish and Muslim New Years with an interfaith dinner in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, September 21, 2017. (Orly Noy)

Palestinians and Israelis mark interfaith new year in East Jerusalem

Over 150 people hold a joint feast in honor of the Muslim and Jewish new years in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where Israel is working tirelessly to replace Palestinians with settlers. This year, the Jewish New Year lined up with the Muslim New Year, an event that takes place once every 33 years. In honor of…

By Orly Noy September 24, 2017

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A young Palestinian boy walks by a section of the Palestinian side of the Separation Wall in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Dis. September 29, 2014. (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)

A one-state solution would bring economic disaster

A one-state reality won’t likely affect the top tiers of Israeli society. Yet those near bottom of the ladder will inevitably face an economic nightmare. The only solution is for both Israelis and Palestinians to have their own functioning nation states. By Omri Eilat Since the 2015 elections, there has been a growing number of campaigns…

By +972 Magazine January 25, 2017

Ethiopian Israelis march on Ayalon highway during an Israeli Ethiopian protest against police brutality and racism, Tel Aviv, May 3, 2015. Oren Ziv / Activestills.org

Ethiopian-Israeli activists: It’s time for a militant civil rights struggle

Eight Ethiopian demonstrators arrested at Jerusalem protest against police brutality. Activists: The law does not protect us, we must stop enlisting in the army. By Michael Salisbury-Corech Hundreds of Ethiopian-Israeli activists demonstrated against police violence in front of the Israeli police Jerusalem headquarters on Tuesday. The protest came as a response to the police’s recent decision…

By +972 Magazine March 3, 2016

An Israeli soldier mourns beside flowers placed on the grave of Israeli border policewoman, Hadar Cohen, 19, during her funeral at the military cemetery in Yehud, near Tel Aviv, Israel, February 4, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

When will the Left start talking about Israeli trauma?

Without recognizing how deep-seated the trauma of ordinary Israelis really is, the Israeli peace camp will continue to be seen as elitist and disconnected. By Yakir Englander (translated by Dr. Henry R. Carse) My political opinions are aligned with Israel’s Left, but I was not born that way. Even today my personal Israeli narrative is far…

By +972 Magazine February 8, 2016

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Annual Memorial Ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin, Jerusalem, October 26, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Don’t be fooled: Bibi and Im Tirzu are one and the same

The latest campaign of incitement in Israel is so extreme even the Right has condemned it. The irony? Its message is entirely in line with that of the government. A single day after right-wing Culture Minister Miri Regev proposed cutting funding to artists and cultural institutions that are “not loyal” to the State of Israel,…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 28, 2016

Left-wing activist Ezra Nawi is led into the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, January 21, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

These are the anti-occupation activists jailed under gag order

Israeli authorities arrest prominent activists Ezra Nawi, Guy Butavia, and Nasser Nawajah. At least one of them was barred from meeting with his attorney for days. In court, one activist says his interrogators used materials taken directly from a right-wing organization. Photos and video by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org The three anti-occupation activists in Israeli custody whose identities…

By Edo Konrad January 21, 2016

A Palestinian human rights activist is led to the Jerusalem District Court in handcuffs following his arrest Tuesday morning, January 20, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli authorities arrest two more human rights activists

A sweeping gag order has been issued on all details of the cases. Two human rights activists, an Israeli and a Palestinian, were arrested late Tuesday night. The Palestinian activist was arrested by Israeli army forces at his home in the South Hebron Hills and was transferred to the police for questioning. A sweeping gag order…

By Edo Konrad January 20, 2016

Organizer Simone Zimmerman speaks to some 250 If Not Now, When activists at a Tisha B’Av action in New York City, where participants read the names of Israelis and Palestinians who died in this summer’s Gaza war. (Photo by Gili Getz)

Time to break the silence: An open letter to American Jews

The American Jewish establishment, from the Federations to synagogues, must take a look in the mirror and decide whether this is the Israel it identifies with. If it isn’t, it should speak up. Urgently. Dear American Jewish community, I should start off with a full disclosure: I am only tangentially a part of you. I have…

By Edo Konrad January 14, 2016