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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli Border Police officers while demonstrating against Trump's 'Deal of the Century,' near the village of Tayseer in the occupied Jordan Valley, January 29, 2020. (Oren Ziv)

Hundreds of Palestinians march through checkpoint to protest Trump plan

Around 500 demonstrators breeze through an IDF checkpoint in the occupied Jordan Valley during a protest against the 'Deal of the Century.'

By Oren Ziv January 29, 2020

Illustrative photo of Abdullah Abu Rahma in court at the Ofer military prison, September 15, 2010. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

How Israel’s military courts conspire to keep Palestinians in prison

An Israeli military judge ordered Abdullah Abu Rahme released, saying there was no reason to keep him behind bars. And yet for the next month, the military justice system conspired to keep him in prison. By Edo Konrad and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Imagine you are arrested for a nonviolent property crime. After a few days in…

By Edo Konrad April 26, 2018

Nabi Saleh: A tiny village’s struggle against the occupation

In just over one year of unarmed demonstrations in Nabi Saleh, a small Palestinian community in the West Bank, 155 of the village’s 500 residents were wounded (about 60 of them children); 35 homes were damaged and dozens of the village’s people were detained. Yet even after the protest’s leader was put behind bars by…

By +972 Magazine April 19, 2011

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EU diplomats attend Bil’in protest organizer’s appeal

The UK’s Consul General in Jerusalem attended the appeal hearing in the case of Abdallah Abu Rahmah at the Ofer Military Court of Appeals today, along with many other European diplomats. Former US president Jimmy Carter and The Elders issued a statement calling for Abu Rahmah’s immediate release earlier today. British Consul General, Sir Vincent…

By Joseph Dana December 6, 2010

Unarmed protest organizer sentenced to a year in Israeli prison

Bil’in protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment today, for his involvement in his village’s unarmed struggle against the wall Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced today to 12 months in prison, plus 6 months suspended sentence for 3 years and a fine of 5,000 NIS. In the sentencing, the judge cited…

By Joseph Dana October 11, 2010

EU criticizes Israeli court’s conviction of Palestinian opposition leader

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By +972 Magazine August 30, 2010