Photos of the week: A light through the wall

This week: more holes in the separation wall, protests against the Prawer-Begin Plan, tear gas in Nabi Saleh, a Palestinian passport for a Palestinian citizen, soldier protect settler activists, solidarity with Palestine at the UN, marching against violence against women, Greenpeace targets GMOs in Israeli supermarkets, and clashes after Israeli forces kill three Palestinian militants. 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
Palestinian activists break a hole in the Israeli Separation Wall dividing land belonging to the West Bank town of Al Khader in the late night hours of November 22, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
Palestinians citizens of Israel shout slogans during a protest against the Prawer-Begin Plan, Jaffa, November 21, 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
A boy stands next to tear gas canisters shot by the Israeli army during the weekly demonstration against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, November 22, 2013. (photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
A Palestinian passport issued during the British Mandate, belonging to a Palestinian resident from Al Walaja and his wife, Absiya Jafari, who is more than 100 years old, Al Walaja, West Bank, November 23, 2013. The original village of Al Walaja was completely destroyed in 1948 during the Nakba and all villagers were forced to leave and became refugees. 75 percent of the village’s original 17,793 dunums of land was lost in 1948. Many went to Jordan, Lebanon, and Bethlehem areas. After some time; a new village was built beyond the Green Line. The separation wall is currently being built all around the village and residents will be cut off from most of their land. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
Nael Khalil Hajali, near the route of the separation wall, on his land in Al Walaja, West Bank, November 23, 2013. Nael owns around 30 dunams on the other side of the Wall, and dozens of his olive trees were uprooted during its construction. Once completed, the wall will surround the Al Walaja village completely (360 degrees), and residents will be cut off from most of their land. In June 2013, the Jerusalem Planning and Building Committee approved the establishment of a national park on 1,200 dunams of land located between the Separation Wall and the Green Line belonging to Al Walaja. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
A Bedouin activist argues with MK Miri Regev, during a tour by the Israeli Knesset Internal Affairs Committee in the Negev regarding the Prawer-Begin plan, Rahat, Israel, November 24, 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
Israeli soldiers protect settler activists demonstrating near the West Bank village of Tuqu’, November 25, 2013. Nearby, some 60 trees were damaged or destroyed by Israelis accompanied by soldiers. In an act of collective punishment, illegal under international law, Israeli authorities then ordered the Palestinian landowners to cut the branches from five rows of trees for 500 meters along the road because of recent attacks on settler vehicles in that area. Residents are now seeking legal means to block the order. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People in the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council), at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, USA, November 25, 2013. (Photo: Mustafa Bader/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
Hundreds of people marched in the streets of Tel Aviv to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Women, November 25, 2013. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
Greenpeace activists protest inside a supermarket in the city of Holon, demanding the labeling of baby formulas that contain genetically modified organisms (GMO), November 26, 2103. The activists labeled baby formulas that contain genetically modified products, and blocked an area i the supermarket for several hours. Greenpeace claims that the “Materna” baby food company misleads the public by claiming on the packaging that the food is “GMO free” when in fact laboratory tests have proved the opposite. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
Palestinian citizens of Israel, students at Tel Aviv University, demonstrate against the Prawer-Begin Plan, Tel Aviv, November 26, 2013. (photo: Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
A Palestinian youth kicks away a tear gas grenade during clashes with Israeli forces in Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, November 27, 2013. The clashes were in response to the killing of three Palestinian militants by Israeli forces the previous day in Yatta. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

 

Photos of the week: A light through the wall
Activists and Bedouin residents protest against the Israeli Knesset Internal Affairs Committee tour in the Negev regarding the Prawer-Begin Plan, in the Bedouin village of Rahat, November 24, 2013. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)