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Border police officer Alon Tiff ordering Ta'ayush activists to turn back. (video capture)

The ‘most polite police officer in the world’ — and what he stands for

A video showing an Israeli Border Police officer demonstrating admirable professionalism and politeness in his interaction with activists has gone viral in recent days. But behind this purportedly exemplary civility is a much grimmer reality. The two-and-a-half minute clip shows a Border Police officer, who introduces himself as Alon Tiff, interrupting a verbal altercation between…

By Lisa Goldman May 3, 2016

Palestinian, Israeli and international activists protest against Israeli plans to build new settlements in the E1 area of the West Bank, Eizariya, West Bank, March 17, 2015. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Israeli army arrests 7 in action against E1 settlement

While Israel was headed to the polls, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists protested Israeli construction in the E1 area of the West Bank near Jerusalem. Text and photos by Ahmad Al-Bazz / Activestills.org Palestinian, international and Israeli activists protested against Israeli plans to seize and build in the E1 area, which would cut off the…

By Activestills March 18, 2015

Young activists at a protest against the Prawer Plan in the southern city of Hura, November 30, 2013. (Photo by Activestills.org)

A new activism, a new politics, a new generation of Palestinians in Israel

+972 sits down with four young, prominent, politically active Palestinian citizens of Israel to discuss their demands, how they are different than the generations that preceded them, and their hopes for the Joint List.

By Henriette Chacar March 11, 2015

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A Jewish youth confronts a Palestinian youth [illustrative photo] (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

How to beat the occupation: Equality, equality, equality

Achieving justice requires putting aside specific visions of one or two states and instead pushing your communities, schools, places of worship and governments to take up the mantle of legal equality in place of occupation. By A. Daniel Roth Just like you, I argue about how many states is the right number of states between…

By +972 Magazine April 30, 2014

Who are the ‘Welcome to Palestine’ activists?

In the air between Geneva and Tel Aviv, I spent some time talking to the international activists who joined the “Welcome to Palestine” campaign. Activists who told this writer in the Geneva airport that they are traveling to Palestine cheered quietly and smiled as the plane took off. However, a number of those activists declined…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat April 15, 2012

Activists in a Tel Aviv Courtroom on Sunday. Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org

Not guilty: All US Ambassador protest charges dropped

The twelve Israeli activists arrested in connection to the protest at US ambassador’s home on Saturday night have been released from jail on no bail. The charges included illegal weapons possession and distributing public order were not dropped, but the judge argued that there was no evidence for the charges to hold up in a…

By Joseph Dana January 4, 2011