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Israel soldiers and private security guards at the Qalandiya checkpoint shortly after the two siblings were shot, April 27, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police extend gag order on deadly Qalandiya shooting — again

Despite the fact that eye witnesses have provided versions of events that contradict the police narrative, the latter has refused to release CCTV footage of the shooting that killed two Palestinian siblings. John Brown* Nearly 70 days after Israeli security contractors shot two Palestinian siblings to death at the Qalandiya military checkpoint outside Jerusalem, a Jerusalem…

By +972 Magazine July 5, 2016

An Israeli soldier stands watch at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus. (IDF Spokesperson)

Qalandiya rashomon: Anatomy of an apparent murder in cold blood

Nobody knows what happened last week at Qalandiya checkpoint, where a Palestinian woman was killed together with her brother. And until police release the CCTV footage, nobody will. By Alon-Lee Green Last week, 23 year-old Maram Salih Hassan Abu Ismail and her 16-year-old brother, Ibrahim, were killed by Israeli forces while walking towards Qalandiya checkpoint,…

By +972 Magazine May 3, 2016

IN PICTURES: Life unraveled as Israel demolishes Palestinian home

Hassin Mohammed Hassin Abu Gosh, 17, stabbed an Israeli woman to death and was killed in the act. Last week, in retaliation, Israel demolished his home in the Qalandia refugee camp. The ruins are a silent testament to a once thriving life. Text and photos by Tamar Fleishman A demolished home is a testament to…

By +972 Magazine April 28, 2016

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An armed security guard shoots a Palestinian teenager after she attempted to stab passersby, Jerusalem, November 24, 2015. (screenshot: CCTV)

Why aren’t Israelis talking about extrajudicial killings?

Two Palestinian teenage girls were shot at point-blank range after attempting to stab passersby with scissors. Who said there is no death penalty in Israel? By Rhona Burns On Tuesday two Palestinian teenagers left their homes and went out to attack Jewish Israelis in Jerusalem with a pair of scissors. Unsurprisingly, the girls, 14 and 16…

By +972 Magazine November 25, 2015

Screenshot of Fadi Alloun before he was shot by police.

New video shows accused stabber posed no threat when shot

The Israeli media claimed that Fadi Alloun, who stabbed a 15-year-old in Jerusalem, was shot and killed while being chased as he was holding a knife. A new video reveals that he could have been subdued, and did not pose a threat. By *John Brown Last Saturday an Israeli policeman shot and killed Fadi Alloun,…

By +972 Magazine October 10, 2015

An Israeli soldier checks a Palestinian man’s documents at a checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Hebron on June 17, 2014, as the hunt for three Israeli teenagers believed kidnapped by militants entered its fifth day. (Photo: Tess Scheflan/Activestills.org)

Israel responds to lone attacks with collective punishment

The Defense Ministry cancels travel permits for 500 Palestinians, and work permits for an entire West Bank village. Israeli authorities responded on Monday with collective punishment to two attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem that left one Israeli dead and two injured in recent days. The Defense Ministry canceled special travel permits for 500 West Bank Palestinians,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland June 22, 2015

Medics treat a victim of a stabbing attack on a Tel Aviv bus line, January 21, 2015. (Activestills.org)

Netanyahu blames Abbas for Tel Aviv stabbing attack

Palestinian man boards public bus during rush hour, stabbing at least 10 before being shot in the leg and apprehended. Photos by Oren Ziv, Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org A Palestinian man from Tulkarm stabbed at least 10 people on a public bus in Tel Aviv Wednesday morning. Three of them were in serious wounded, four moderately. Israeli…

By +972 Magazine January 21, 2015

File photo of Israeli Border Police officers during clashes in the West Bank. (Photo by Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

‘He should have been a hero, instead he’s a murderer’

The parents of Israelis, killed and killers, are crying because they have lost their loved ones. They were betrayed by the lies. Mother of a murderer? A border policeman is arrested for shooting a Palestinian teen at a demonstration in Beitunia with live fire; he faces murder charges. On Wednesday his parents are interviewed. Faces…

By Dahlia Scheindlin November 14, 2014