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Berlin police arrest a Palestinian protester during a Nakba Day flash mob, after banning all commemorations of the day in the city, May 15, 2022. (@thequestionislysh)

Palestinians in Germany fear new level of repression after Nakba Day crackdown

Claiming to fight antisemitism, Berlin police arrested 170 people for carrying flags and keffiyehs during a flash mob marking Palestinians' mass expulsion.

Screenshot from 'Testimonies from Jaffa/Lydda - May 2021.'

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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British soldiers clear an improvised roadblock during the Arab Revolt. (Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi archives)

The imperial roots of ‘shrinking the conflict’

Long before Israel paved segregated roads to separate between Jews and Palestinians, the British had already laid their foundations.

By Shira Pinhas

Hadi Tabbal in the New York premiere of The Vagrant Trilogy,
written by Mona Mansour and directed by Mark Wing-Davey, at The Public Theater, March 8, 2022. (Joan Marcus)

Staging exile: A Palestinian refugee epic takes its place in the spotlight

Mona Mansour discusses her play, "The Vagrant Trilogy," about the choices a Palestinian scholar makes in 1967, and the heartbreaks that follow.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland

The remains of the village of Qira are seen in front of Yokneam, southeast of Haifa. (Ahmad Al-Bazz)

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Returning to Palestine’s depopulated villages

For the past six months, Ahmad Al-Bazz has documented what remains of the hundreds of villages destroyed during the Nakba.

By Ahmad Al-Bazz

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A Palestinian man draws a mural of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli military raid on Jenin Refugee Camp, Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2022. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Shireen Abu Akleh raised my generation. Now, we’re breaking through the dam

Through her voice, her iconic sign-off, and the power of her words, Shireen Abu Akleh taught Palestinians that we have the power to change our reality.

By Dima Srouji May 15, 2022

A child stands among the ruins of a house that was demolished in Al-Mirkez, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, May 11, 2022. (Rachel Shor)

Armed with High Court expulsion order, Israel’s bulldozers arrive in Masafer Yatta

The Israeli army carried out the first demolitions in the area since last week’s court ruling, triggering fears of a mass deportation not seen in two decades.

By Yuval Abraham and Basil al-Adraa May 12, 2022

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar seen at a rally in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, May 30, 2021. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

The misguided promise of assassinating Hamas leaders

The growing calls in Israel to assassinate Yahya Sinwar are a symptom of a much deeper political crisis, for which Israel only has itself to blame.

By Menachem Klein May 12, 2022

Residents of the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran awaiting the Supreme Court's decision on their village's fate, Jerusalem, November 20, 2013. (Tali Mayer/Activestills.org)

Only Palestinians can decide whether to boycott the occupier’s court

With Israel's Supreme Court greenlighting the forced expulsion of Masafer Yatta, the question of whether to 'legitimize' the courts has arisen again.

By Michael Sfard May 10, 2022

Israeli soldiers pummel and beat +972 and Local Call journalist Basil al-Adraa in his home village of A-Tuwani. (Sami Hureini)

WATCH: Soldiers assault +972 writer Basil al-Adraa

Al-Adraa, who regularly reports on army and settler violence, was beaten while documenting Israeli soldiers near his West Bank village.

By Oren Ziv and Yuval Abraham May 8, 2022

Farah Maraqa, an Arab journalist fired by Deutsche Welle. (Courtesy of Farah Maraqa)

‘All the questions were about Israel’: Inside Deutsche Welle’s purge of Arab journalists

When Deutsche Welle fired seven Arab journalists over accusations of antisemitism, many in Germany took its decision at face value. But a closer look shows DW's investigation was riddled with political motives.

By Hebh Jamal and Lena Obermaier May 5, 2022

Yuli Novak speaks during the annual Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony, Tel Aviv, May 3, 2022. (Avivomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Memorial Day is the time to betray our Israeliness

This day represents how militarism and apartheid are burned deep into our consciousness. Only when we are ready to betray it can we dream about peace.

By Yuli Novak May 4, 2022

An Israeli military watchtower and cameras over Road 60, occupied West Bank, Jan. 30, 2006. (Activestills)

The watchful eye of Israel’s surveillance empire

Israeli cyber companies are at the forefront of a booming facial recognition market, threatening basic freedoms in Israel-Palestine and beyond.

By Jonathan Hempel May 3, 2022

Israeli army blocks the road for a Palestinian driving a tractor, during an olive planting action in the village of Deir Nizzam, Ramallah district, West Bank, December 15, 2009. (Keren Manor/Activestills)

The Israeli army is making millions by seizing Palestinian tractors

Data shows the military, with settler backing, is intensifying its confiscation of Palestinian agricultural equipment while profiting from release fees.

By Basil al-Adraa and Oren Ziv May 1, 2022

Muhammad Ghunaimat in Al-Ahly Hospital, Hebron, occupied West Bank, April 24, 2022. (Basil al-Adraa)

After blocking West Bank road, settlers open fire and wound Palestinians

A teenager is among those wounded after Israeli settlers and soldiers shot live rounds at Palestinians trying to remove roadblocks near the village of Surif.

By Basil al-Adraa April 27, 2022