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How crime in Lydd became a front for the Israeli right’s agenda
Palestinian residents say that politicians' attempts to link crime with nationalism avoids addressing the discriminatory reality in the 'mixed city.'
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Baker Zoubi
February 22, 2023
Mixed city holds Israel’s first ever Jewish-Arab pride event
Thursday’s event is the first pride event ever to include a speech by an Arab MK. ‘We cannot demand respect while disparaging the other. It is impossible to fight for my equality and not for that of others,’ MK Issawi Frej told the crowd. Over 150 members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters took part in a joint…
By
Haggai Matar
July 27, 2018
Roger Waters backs film on legacy of the Nakba
The Pink Floyd frontman to become the executive producer of a new film by Sarah Friedland and +972 writer Rami Younis on the tragic history of one of Palestine’s most important cities. By Yali (Yael) Marom Pink Floyd frontman and human rights activist Roger Waters announced this week that he would be lending his support…
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Yali (Yael) Marom
December 14, 2017
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WATCH: How many riot cops does it take to evict a single mother?
The Naqib family has lived on their land since before 1948. Many Palestinian families in the city live in what the State calls ‘illegal conditions’ — and under the constant threat of demolition — because they cannot attain building permits for their homes. Hundreds of police officers descended on the Al-Karm neighborhood of Lydd (“Lod”…
By
Rami Younis
February 10, 2015
Palestinian family in Lydd faces home demolition
The Naqib family has been living on their land since before 1948. That, however, didn’t stop the municipality from serving them with an arbitrary demolition order. After a relative period of calm in which the local authorities have refrained from demolishing homes of Palestinian citizens of Israel, the Lydd (“Lod” in Hebrew, “Lydda” in English) Municipality…
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Rami Younis
December 21, 2014
Who will put an end to the murder of Arab women in Israel?
Ten women from the same family have been murdered since 2000. In failing to protect them, we have failed in coming to terms with the fact that women are independent, free human beings who have exclusive ownership over their bodies. (Translated from Hebrew by Sol Salbe) The first documented murder of a woman in Palestine…
By
Samah Salaime
November 4, 2014
Photos of the week: Taking stock before fighting resumes
Israelis and Palestinians licked their wounds during a 3-day cessation of violence, which came to an end Friday morning with renewed fighting. Some Palestinians used the lull in fighting to return to their homes and recover possessions, as well as to retrieve bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings. Photos by: Anne Paq, Basel Yazouri, Ahmad…
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Activestills
August 9, 2014
Now trending: Orientalism for babies
Most of the world is not familiar with post-colonial theory, and this album’s success is due to the audience’s naiveté. But forget politics; let me hug a baby and sing songs of nostalgia, anew. By Ilana Shazur Whoever chose the name “Baby Oriental 2” likely never heard of the term Orientalism. Had they heard of it,…
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Cafe Gibraltar
June 4, 2014
‘Thanks for doing Zionism’s filthy work’: A response to Ari Shavit
Israeli journalist Ari Shavit expresses gratitude for the perpetrators of the Lydda expulsion and massacre — for doing the ‘filthy work,’ explaining that, even ‘the critics of later years enjoyed the fruits of their deed.’ A response to Shavit’s ‘Lydda, 1948‘, published in The New Yorker. By Ami Asher Palestinian historian Nur Massalha wrote that from…
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+972 Magazine
November 11, 2013
Charges against J14 leader highlight suppression of anti-occupation activism
J14 leader Daphni Leef has been charged with rioting, more than half a year after she was violently arrested during an attempt to reignite the protest movement of the summer of 2011. Her trial will begin on January 23. By Leehee Rothschild Look at this photo of Daphni Leef. Look at her, thrown at the…
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+972 Magazine
January 9, 2013
All signs point to Israel’s weak democracy
The assassination of Zuhair al-Qaissi, which sparked the escalation in the south, points to Israel’s weak Supreme Court, a lack of transparency and accountability, and the state’s flip attitude towards its judicial branch–as do some street signs in Tel Aviv The recent escalation between Israel and Gaza began after Israeli forces assassinated Zuhair al-Qaissi, a leader…
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Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
March 14, 2012
Seven houses demolished, 50 children thrown out into the rain
This picture, taken an hour ago in Lod by Amnesty Israel, pretty much says it all: The bulldozers are not digging out people from under the rubble – they’re burying people’s lives under it. They’re not clearing the wreckage of the storm – they’re unleashing the storm onto the bare heads of 50 (fifty!!) children…
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Dimi Reider
December 13, 2010
Oct 29-30: Netanyahu calls on Palestinians to forgo unilateral moves
The Headlines: Unilateralism > Palestinian President Abbas has raised the possibility of asking the UN Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state, if negotiations with Israel are stalled. In response, Netanyahu called for avoiding unilateral moves. He did not mean to include, of course, settlement construction that changes facts on the ground. Two prominent Jewish…
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October 30, 2010
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