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‘A gentle, powerful light’: Honoring a symbol of Sheikh Jarrah’s steadfastness
Fatma Salem died with the threat of settler takeover still hanging over her family. But she never cowered to the forces that sought to displace her.
By
Yahel Gazit
January 12, 2024
For Palestinians, social media influence comes with the threat of prison
The persecution of activists like Ramzi Abbassi illustrates Israel’s escalating attempts to stifle Palestinian expression online since May 2021.
By
Sophia Goodfriend
October 2, 2023
Spinning discs in Sheikh Jarrah
Led by Nour Palestina, a DJ workshop offers Palestinian women a window into the electronic music world despite the occupation.
By
Alice Austin
August 8, 2023
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Israel chooses violence
From the repression in Sheikh Jarrah to the bombing of Gaza, the Israeli government has opted to escalate its brutality toward Palestinians.
By
Haggai Matar
May 10, 2021
Israeli police are determined to escalate the violence in Jerusalem
From Sheikh Jarrah to Damascus Gate to Al-Aqsa Compound, the police have initiated and intensified a campaign of suppression against Palestinians.
By
Oren Ziv
May 8, 2021
J’lem deputy mayor to Palestinian activist: It’s a ‘pity’ you weren’t shot in the head
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King openly mocks a Palestinian activist who had been previously shot. The municipality deems his remarks a 'personal matter.'
By
Orly Noy
May 7, 2021
In Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinian youth are leading the struggle to defend their homes
Sheikh Jarrah's youth are holding nightly vigils to raise awareness and protect their neighborhood from evictions and gradual takeover by Israeli settlers.
By
Oren Ziv
May 5, 2021
Why are Palestinians being forced to prove their humanity?
For years I policed the language that I used to describe my oppressor. But what is happening in Sheikh Jarrah has a clear name: ethnic cleansing.
By
Mohammed El-Kurd
December 3, 2020
Quarantine Diary: Part One
The coronavirus may be an equal threat to all, but it is far from affecting all communities equally. This is the first installment of personal stories on how the pandemic is impacting people across Israel-Palestine.
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+972 Magazine
April 9, 2020
WATCH: Israeli police snatch Palestinian flags from protesters in Jerusalem
If the Palestinian flag is legal, why do Israeli police view it as such a threat? In East Jerusalem, the city Palestinians claim as the capital of their future state, waving the Palestinian national flag is becoming verboten. Over the past year, activists have noticed an increase in police attempts to confiscate the flags during demonstrations across the city.…
By
Edo Konrad
February 24, 2019
Hundreds protest new Palestinian evictions in Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli and international activists march in solidarity with the East Jerusalem neighborhood as families brace for a new wave of evictions. By +972 Magazine Staff Hundreds of Israeli and international activists marched from central West Jerusalem to Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, on Friday, in solidarity with the families there who Israeli…
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+972 Magazine
January 18, 2019
After a decade, evictions set to return in Sheikh Jarrah
Residents of Sheikh Jarrah are bracing for a new wave of evictions, ten years after Israeli settlers attempted to take over Palestinian homes in the embattled East Jerusalem neighborhood. The Sabag and Hamad families are refugees from Jaffa and Haifa, respectively. Expelled from their homes during the 1948 war, they have been living in the occupied…
By
Oren Ziv
December 3, 2018
A room of our own: Building a new anti-racist space in Jerusalem
As Jerusalem grows more hostile toward anything remotely left wing, Israeli and Palestinian activists are looking to create a new space for activists to meet, plan, and struggle to change the face of the city. By Sahar Vardi I was 14 years old when I walked into a small room packed with books in a…
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+972 Magazine
November 7, 2017
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