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Palestinians enter the main checkpoint separating Bethlehem and Jerusalem. (Activestills.org)
Alternative peace initiative comes under fire for ‘normalization’
Pressure from both Palestinian activists and right-wing Israelis has put the spotlight on a conference that will present a new model for peace and coexistence. That is, if it ever happens in the first place. A launch event for an alternative Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative, slated to take place next week in the West Bank, is…
By Haggai Matar June 4, 2015
The iconic — and staged — coexistence photo by Ricki Rosen.
Replace fake co-existence photos with real images of co-resistance
The exposure of a popular ‘co-existence’ photo as a staged fabrication points to the need for better images of the path to a just peace. Text and photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org A photograph intended to illustrate the peace process ended up being more accurate than intended. The now-iconic image showing a “Palestinian” and an…
By Activestills December 8, 2014
African Asylum seekers take part in a silent protest in front of the African union offices in Tel Aviv, against the new detention center, calling to the Israeli government to recognize their refugee rights, January 22, 2014. African Asylum seekers held twelve demonstrations in front of different embassies in Tel Aviv, as around the world activists protested in front of Israeli embassies, calling for recognition of refugee rights of Asylum seekers in Israel. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Photos of the week: Asylum seekers, LGBT activists hit the streets
This week: solidarity with asylum seekers, animal rights activism, denouncing against attacks on transgender people, return of Palestinian militants’ remains, tear gas in Aida Camp, military training in the Jordan Valley, Palestinian steadfastness in Khirbet Makhoul, protests against medical privatization, and weekly demonstrations against the occupation.                  …
By Activestills January 24, 2014
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Friday protest against the wall in al-Ma'sara August 24, 2012 (Activestills)
Friday protest in West Bank remembers activist Rachel Corrie
By Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Some 200 Palestinians and a handful of Israeli and international solidarity activists joined the protest in Kufr Qaddoum on Friday. The demonstration was dedicated to the commemoration of American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, who was run over by a bulldozer while attempting to prevent house demolitions in Rafah in 2003. The verdict in…
By +972 Magazine August 25, 2012
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