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Planting olive saplings in Kfar Yassuf, February 4, 2015. (Photo: Cindy Katz/RHR)
Knesset candidates plant olive trees with Palestinian farmers
Palestinian activists build new protest camp near Jerusalem to protest displacement of West Bank Bedouin, settlement expansion; the Israeli army dismantles the camp. Over 100 Israeli activists, among them four Knesset candidates in the upcoming elections, joined Palestinian farmers in from the West Bank village of Kfar Yassuf to plant olive saplings to mark the…
By Haggai Matar February 5, 2015
Israeli army and police raid and evict the Ein Hijleh protest camp in the early morning hours of February 7, 2014.
PHOTOS: Ein Hijleh village evicted after seven days of protest
One week ago, some 300 Palestinian activists established the protest village of ‘Ein Hijleh’ in a cluster of palm trees and long-abandoned houses north of the Dead Sea. Their goal was to protest Israeli government demands to retain control of the Jordan Valley as part of a U.S.-brokered peace deal. One week later, their encampment was…
By Activestills February 7, 2014
Due to Israeli army roadblocks that would not allow cars to enter, Palestinians on horseback help deliver food and supplies to the protest village of Ein Hijleh on the fourth day of the encampment, Jordan Valley, West Bank, February 3, 2014. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Photos of the week: Palestinians return to Jordan Valley village
This week: African immigrants and Palestinian activists occupy protest camps to demand their rights; self-demolition in East Jerusalem; solidarity with hunger striker Samer Issawi; and Israeli authorities block Negev Bedouin agriculture and dump garbage in the West Bank.                          
By Activestills February 6, 2014
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Palestinian activists prepare for the night in Ein Hijleh protest village, in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, January 31, 2014. (Activestills.org)
PHOTOS: Palestinians establish new protest village in Jordan Valley
Some 300 Palestinian activists descended on a cluster of palm trees and long-abandoned houses north of the Dead Sea on Friday to establish the protest village of ‘Ein Hijleh.’ The aim of the action was to protest demands made by the Israeli government to retain control of the Jordan Valley and other settlements in the…
By Activestills February 1, 2014
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