All That's Left

Armed Israeli soldiers storm into a Palestinian home in Sur Baher, East Jerusalem ahead of the building's demolition, early the morning of July 22, 2019. (A. Daniel Roth)

‘Our whole lives are here. Where can we go?’

Spending the night with Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, hoping to stop the bulldozers coming to demolish their homes. By A. Daniel Roth I am awakened by the “thud thud thud” of someone pounding and then the sound stops. It feels like I am waking up after only five minutes of sleep. Each of my…

By +972 Magazine July 22, 2019

The Israeli army violently detained Palestinian, Israeli and international activists who were repairing an access road in the South Hebron Hills on May 3, 2019. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Israeli army arrests 17 activists, two journalists in South Hebron Hills

Hundreds of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists partnered together to repair a central access road in the South Hebron Hills. Israeli soldiers then declared the area a closed military zone, forcibly dispersing volunteers. By Arianna Skibell The Israeli army assaulted and forcibly arrested 17 people Friday after a group of more than 125 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists…

By +972 Magazine May 3, 2019

Palestinian schoolchildren begin their day at the Khan al-Ahmar eco-school, October 14, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Khan al-Ahmar demolition could be imminent, activists fear

Palestinian and Israeli activists who have been camping out in the village, which Israel says it will demolish, say they will resist nonviolently. The residents of Khan al-Ahmar are preparing for the imminent demolition of their village, which activists and residents fear could take place as early as Monday morning. Saturday night saw a record number of people staying…

By Oren Ziv October 14, 2018

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All That's Left activists place backpacks outside Israel's Supreme Court to protest the decision to demolish the village of Khan al-Ahmar, including its eco-friendly school, which serves the local Bedouin population, Jerusalem, July 10, 2018. (Courtesy of All That's Left)

As Israel prepares to demolish Bedouin school, activists lay out backpacks for each student

As Israeli authorities prepare to demolish Khan al-Ahmar’s school, a group of activists lay backpacks outside Israel’s Supreme Court — one for each student who may soon find himself without a place to learn. A group of Israeli and foreign Jewish activists laid 174 backpacks outside Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning as…

By Edo Konrad July 10, 2018

The Freedom Seder in occupied Hebron, April 4, 2018. (Josh Leifer)

Jewish, Palestinian activists hold ‘Freedom Seder’ in occupied Hebron

Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement’s Freedom Seder in 1969, 100 Jewish and Palestinian anti-occupation activists read from a Haggadah written in English, Hebrew and Arabic, are joined by MK Mossi Raz and former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg. As the setting sun turned the city of Hebron pink behind them, over 100 Palestinians, Israelis, and international…

By Joshua Leifer April 4, 2018

An activist with IfNotNow is carried away by Israeli police during a Jerusalem Day protest, Jerusalem, May 24, 2017. (JC/Activestills.org)

Israeli cops assault American Jewish activists in Jerusalem Day protest

Israeli police forcefully dispersed American Jewish anti-occupation activists, who had gathered in the Old City to protest Jerusalem Day and the March of the Flags. Israeli police broke the arm of an American Jewish activist and injured several other anti-occupation demonstrators while forcefully dispersing a Jerusalem Day protest in the Old City on Wednesday. The demonstration,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 24, 2017

Jewish and Palestinian activists at the Sumud Freedom Camp, Surara, West Bank, May 19, 2017. (Gili Getz)

Diaspora Jews must place our bodies on the line

As internationals and Jews, we are unjustly privileged — and therefore obligated to take part in nonviolent direct action in support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom. By Leanne Gale My first protest in the West Bank was in 2012. On the advice of a college professor, I went to a demonstration in Susya, a Palestinian…

By +972 Magazine May 23, 2017

Activists with the Center for Jewish Non-Violence accompany Palestinian residents of Susya into the archeological site where the latter’s village once stood, South Hebron Hills, July 14, 2016. (Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man)

WATCH: A new brand of Jewish nonviolence in Palestine

What happens when dozens of Jewish American activists come to Palestine to practice civil disobedience alongside Palestinians struggling against the occupation? In the summer of 2016, dozens of Jews from the U.S. and other countries came to Palestine, at the request of Palestinian activists, to use nonviolence, civil disobedience, and their privilege as Jews to…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man November 30, 2016

Issa Amro (Screenshot)

WATCH: ‘They want to get rid of the idea of nonviolent resistance’

The Israeli army really wants to see Palestinian nonviolent activist Issa Amro in prison. We ask Issa why he’s facing 18 charges now, and what ‘winning’ would mean for him. Video by A. Daniel Roth, Aaron Rotenberg Nonviolent Palestinian organizer Issa Amro has been practicing and teaching nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in the occupied city of Hebron…

By +972 Magazine September 25, 2016

Jewish activists work with the Palestinian residents of Umm el-Kheir to rebuild structures demolished by Israeli military authorities, South Hebron Hills, West Bank, September 10, 2016. (Sarah Stern)

Finding Sisyphus in the South Hebron Hills

‘I have the distinct feeling that the next time we come back, none of what we are building will be here.’ By Sarah Stern I run my hands over small jagged stones, turning over rubble and finding bits of fuzz, broken marble, plastics cups…remains of day-to-day life. I realize there’s something a bit Sisyphean to…

By +972 Magazine September 18, 2016

Residents of al-Araqib rebuild a structure demolished by Israeli authorities, January 16, 2011.
(Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

There is no Green Line when it comes to home demolitions

With demolitions pending in four Palestinian villages, solidarity activists must recognize the overarching agenda that unifies the seemingly different struggles. By Penina Eilberg-Schwartz Four Palestinian villages reached out to Israeli and international activists last week, requesting urgent support. All four villages — Umm el-Kheir and Susya in Area C in the West Bank, and al-Araqib and Umm el-Hiran…

By +972 Magazine August 7, 2016

Members of the Center for Jewish Nonviolence and All That's Left sing a Jewish hymn during a direct action at the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, October 20, 2015. (photo: Laura Gottesdiener)

Diaspora Jews bring occupation to World Zionist Congress

While Netanyahu was busy blaming a Palestinian for the Holocaust, a group of Jewish activists asked the World Zionist Congress what it was planning to do to end the occupation. Hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made headlines for telling the World Zionist Congress that a Palestinian inspired Hitler to exterminate the Jews, a group…

By Edo Konrad October 24, 2015

All That’s Left activists planting working on the za’atar field in Susya, June 13, 2015. (Photo: Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man)

Diaspora Jews bring solidarity to south Hebron Hills

Over 70 Jews from around the world headed to Susya last weekend, where they stood with the residents of the West Bank village under threat of demolition against displacement and settler violence. It was part anti-occupation activism, part Jewish summer camp, part WWOOF and a little reminiscent of young foreigners coming to volunteer on a…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 15, 2015