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In Gaza, Israel has turned water into a weapon of mass destruction
By denying Palestinians safe water since the war began, Israel has created an unparalleled health crisis and risks causing irreversible ecological damage.
By
Nancy Murray
and
Amahl Bishara
January 16, 2024
Operation ‘A Thousand Eyes for an Eye’ is underway in Gaza
With Israel cutting off food, water, and power supplies, the dehumanization of the strip's population is complete — laying the groundwork for what's to come.
By
Amir Rotem
October 11, 2023
In hottest summer ever, Masafer Yatta sears from water apartheid
Across the West Bank, Palestinians and Israeli settlers have very different access to water resources — even when they live on the same hill.
By
Basel Adra
August 13, 2023
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A broken ankle, a demolished home, and a crushed water cistern
In one day last summer, three Palestinian brothers in the South Hebron Hills paid the price for Israeli forces’ entry into their village.
By
Ali Awad
February 15, 2022
The brutality of denying water to Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills
For the past 15 years, I have witnessed how the Israeli army cuts Palestinian communities from accessing water in order to expel them and take their land.
By
Daphne Banai
September 24, 2021
From heat waves to ‘eco-apartheid’: Climate change in Israel-Palestine
While Israel's nascent climate justice movement tries to get the public's attention, Palestinians under occupation remain the most vulnerable to the dangerous effects of climate change.
By
Matan Kaminer
,
Basma Fahoum
and
Edo Konrad
August 8, 2019
WATCH: What occupation looks like in the occupied Jordan Valley
Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley are forced on a daily basis to cope with Israel’s arbitrary military policies, from imposing restrictions on movement to home demolitions to a lack of access to water — all while Israeli settlers living on the same land face none of the same issues.
By
Social TV
June 11, 2019
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis began long before Hamas
The deliberate suffocation of Gaza began in the 90s, when the first restrictions on the movement of Palestinians were introduced. By Amir Rotem A macabre drama has been playing out every Friday along the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel, complete with live broadcasts, press coverage, commentary, and even real-time spectators. An armed military stands on…
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+972 Magazine
April 11, 2018
This Israeli urges Lorde: Play Palestine instead
Instead of simply canceling your show in Tel Aviv, cross the checkpoints and the separation wall and do what most pop icons have yet to do: perform in the West Bank. An open letter to Lorde. Dear Lorde, You may have stumbled upon my words before. Three years ago, your art and public persona inspired…
By
Yuval Ben-Ami
December 24, 2017
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…
By
Yali (Yael) Marom
December 14, 2017
Israel cuts off water to Palestinian village for a week
Ein al-Beida is one of only a few Palestinian villages in the Jordan Valley area of the West Bank that are even connected to the water grid. Photos and text by Ahmad Al-Bazz / Activestills.org Some 50 Palestinians from the northern West Bank village of Ein al-Beida staged a protest last week against an Israeli…
By
Activestills
September 11, 2017
How David Grossman got drafted into the fight against BDS
Culture Minister Miri Regev is ramping up her battle against cultural boycotts by enlisting luminaries such as David Grossman. It’s time Israeli artists who believe in democracy to stand up and be brave. By Ari Remez The annual Israeli Theater Prize ceremony, held every year in the northern city of Acre, recently took place without a hitch. This, despite…
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+972 Magazine
July 28, 2017
‘If we ever get 24 straight hours of electricity, it’ll be a culture shock’
With the electricity crisis far from being over, Gaza resident Ghada Al-Haddad recalls that the dire situation in the Strip is not a temporary exigency, but rather a culmination of a persistent reality that has developed over a decade of closure. By Ghada Al-Haddad To children born after 2006 in the Gaza Strip, stories about…
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July 14, 2017
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