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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.'
By
Baker Zoubi
February 22, 2023
FILM: Palestinians in ‘mixed cities’ recount the horrors of May 2021
In a series of testimonies, Palestinians from Jaffa and Lydd recount the terrifying days when settler and police violence overwhelmed their cities.
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+972 Magazine
May 19, 2022
Israeli settlers have a new target, and it’s not in the West Bank
A march by Jewish extremists in Lydd is a fresh reminder that the far right is intent on showing Palestinian citizens in ‘mixed cities’ who is in charge.
By
Samah Salaime
December 9, 2021
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Don’t mourn a coexistence that never existed
After weeks of racist incitement, the Israeli media is suddenly talking about 'bringing back coexistence' — a paradise that was never even here.
By
Rami Younis
May 31, 2021
Lydd’s Palestinians are leading a new uprising
Discrimination, police violence, and disparities between Palestinians and religious settlers in the city of Lydd have led to the largest uprising in decades.
By
Oren Ziv
May 20, 2021
Palestinian citizen attacked in suspected hate crime
Amad Abu Sharah was walking home from morning prayers when he was allegedly jumped by a group of men with sticks. (See update below) Amad Abu Sharah, a Palestinian citizen and activist from Lydd (Lod in Hebrew), was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning at the entrance to his house on his way…
By
Samah Salaime
August 2, 2015
A living legacy of displacement
The impulses that drove the dispossession of the 1948 war are still acted on today, on both sides of the borders it forged. “Did you know I’m afraid of sleeping? … I’m scared of sleeping and waking to find myself in a strange land whose language I can’t speak. I’m scared I won’t wake up.” —Elias…
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
June 19, 2015
Home demolitions: A reminder that the Nakba never ended
The destruction of Hanaa’ al-Naqib’s home in Lydd this week is a reminder that Israel’s dispossession of Palestinians didn’t end in 1948 — it has simply taken on new forms. We could hear the wailing all the way from the entrance to the besieged neighborhood. It was a heartbreaking sound. We quietly make our way…
By
Rami Younis
February 13, 2015
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
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