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Residents of Beduin village of Al Araqib react as Israeli authorities destroy the village for the 65th time, Negev, June 12, 2014. The Israeli land administration, backed up with large police forces entered the village early morning and destroyed all structures including the mosque. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Devastation for the Negev Bedouin

This week: The Bedouin village of Al-Arakib is destroyed for the 65th time, Palestinians and Israelis commemorate 47 years of occupation, administrative detainees on hunger strike, Israeli soldiers break their silence in public, demonstrations against asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv and more.

By Activestills June 13, 2014

A Palestinian girl carries a picture of Nelson Mandela in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. (Activestills)(Activestills)

Hundreds celebrate, vow to strengthen Palestinian popular struggle

Palestinian popular committees hold a convention in Nabi Saleh in bid to promote and unite the popular struggle against occupation and apartheid, launching a new type of weekly protest. The demonstration that followed was welcomed by soldiers with the traditional tear gas barrage. The popular committees coordinating much of the unarmed struggle against the wall…

By Haggai Matar December 8, 2013

A Palestinian youth during the weekly protest against the Wall in the West Bank village of Bil'in, November 1, 2013. One Palestinian youth was shot in the leg with live ammunition during the demonstration and evacuated to Ramallah hospital. (Photo by: Hamde Abu Rahma/ Actviestills.org)

From resistance to existence: A week in photos – November 1-6

This week: Palestinians demonstrate against the Israeli separation wall and U.S. foreign policy, construction and demolition of Palestinian homes, Afghan asylum seekers struggle in Europe, a funeral for a Palestinian who died in Israeli custody, a hearing on the Prawer-Begin Plan, animal rights activists in Tel Aviv, and Palestinians seek water access in the Jordan…

By Activestills November 7, 2013

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Palestinians, accompanied by international and Israeli solidarity activists, march to commemorate seven years of popular resistance in the West Bank village of Al Ma'sara, October 25, 2013. The weekly demonstration protests the construction of the Israeli separation wall on village land, which would cut off access to agricultural areas. (Photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

West Bank village marks 7 years of popular resistance

The markedly stone-free protests in al Ma’asara are nevertheless violently suppressed by the Israeli army. “We see the soldiers here with their guns, their boots, their shields and their helmets protecting the wall – but we know the real problem is the wall that is in their minds,” protest leader says. About 200 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists…

By Haggai Matar October 25, 2013

A Palestinian woman carries a bucket of water. (photo: Activestills)

WATCH: Water shortages plague West Bank villages

Disruptions in Israeli water supplies often earns bold headlines in the Israeli media. But when Palestinian communities are cut off from the water supply for days or weeks on end, it doesn’t make the news. And while the Israeli government often supplies Israeli settlements with an infrastructure that guarantees water access, Palestinians must store their…

By Social TV September 26, 2013

File photo of Israeli border policemen in East Jerusalem (Acitivestills.org)

Between violent reprisal and random police brutality

M., a resident of the West Bank village of Al-Ma’asara, was attacked by Border Policemen solely for living in a village that actively opposes the occupation. By Yesh Din (written by Yossi Gurvitz) One morning in early August, M., a resident of the West Bank village of Al-Ma’asara, went to Ramallah for medical treatment. He…

By +972 Magazine September 23, 2013

Protest at Al-Ma'asara, Friday, July 13, 2012 (photo: Quqiue Kierszenbaum (C))

‘You cannot arrest this clown!’ On a different way to fight occupation

Last week’s Friday protest in the West Bank village of al-Ma’asara, against the separation wall and the occupation, featured a group of special guests out to highlight the absurdity of all forms of repression. By Amitai Ben-Abba All guns are oversized, but this one seems especially large and it is pointing straight at me. I stroke…

By +972 Magazine July 15, 2012