animal rights

A Palestinian donkey (photo: Palestine Animal League)

Meet Palestine’s animal rights activists

An invitation to visit the site slated for Palestine’s first vegan cafeteria led me to discover the buzzing, if incipient, world of animal rights activism in the West Bank. I have a confession to make: I, how shall I put this, don’t like animals. Whether it’s the annoying dog wagging his tail next to me on…

By Samah Salaime August 16, 2016

Kittens being driven from their homeland. (Illustrative photo by Shutterstock.com)

Israeli minister weighs population transfer — of kittens

Arguing that spaying and neutering violates Jewish law, Israel’s agriculture minister proposes a crime against humanity — against cats. We knew it would happen sooner or later. The occupation has finally come home to roost. The darkest of Israel’s injustices, mass displacement and population transfer, is now threatening the Tel Aviv left-wing establishment’s holiest of…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man November 2, 2015

Over 15,000 Israelis march through Tel Aviv during the biggest animal rights protest in the history of the country, October 3, 2015. (photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

WATCH: The largest animal rights protest in Israel’s history

Over 15,000 animal rights activists marched through the streets of Tel Aviv earlier this month to raise awareness over animal abuse in Israel. The rally, which ended in Rabin Square, was attended by several high-profile speakers who spoke to the crowd about the cruelty of animal testing and the meat industry.

By Social TV October 27, 2015

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Palestinian scouts march and play music during a ceremony commemorating the birth of Prophet Mohammed, a holiday known in Arabic as Mawlid al-Nabawi, next to the Dome of the Rock in Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, January 3, 2015. (photo: Activestills.org)

A Month in Photos: Police violence, elections and the holy selfie

Editors’ picks of the top photos from Palestine, Israel and beyond for the month of January. This month, terror attacks in France and Tel Aviv, Bedouin citizens of Israel protest against police violence, Israel’s election campaign gets into full swing, Hezbollah attacks the Israeli army on the Lebanese border and snow falls on the West…

By Activestills January 30, 2015

Palestinian and Israeli activists plant a Palestinian flag at a tent placed by settlers on land belonging to the West Bank village of Khirbet An Nahla, April 18, 2014. All Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territory are illegal under international law. (Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Returning from Beirut, returning to Iqrit

This week: Majd Kayyal returns to his home in Haifa after protesting for his right for movement, Palestinian residents of Umm al-Fahm protest against ‘price tag’ mosque arson, Israelis protest for housing and animal rights, and for their right to get high.

By Activestills April 25, 2014

Women, many of whom were affected by the Israeli attack, after a psycho-social group session in a private home in Beit Lahiya. Gaza Strip, February 18, 2013. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Women leading the struggles in Israel/Palestine

In honor of International Women’s Day, Activestills brings you the best photos of the activist women who push for justice and a better life for all those between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by: Ahmad al-Bazz, Shiraz Grinbaum, Keren Manor, Tali Mayer, Anne Paq, Ryan Rodrick Beiler, Yotam Ronen, Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Read more: Meet the Israeli women who…

By Activestills March 8, 2014

A Palestinian youth places a flag on the Israeli wall during a protest marking 9 years for the struggle against the wall in the West Bank village of Bilin, February 28, 2014. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Climbing the wall in Bil’in

This week: Climbing the wall, filling the streets, remembering the Nakba, resisting displacement and saving the chickens.

By Activestills March 6, 2014

The home of the Palestinian Adgluni family is demolished by Israeli authorities, East Jerusalem, January 27, 2014. Israeli authorities claimed the house was built on lands that do not belong to the family. (Tali Mayer/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Palestinians, asylum seekers find themselves homeless

This week: Asylum seekers in the Holot detention center, leftist teachers protest political persecution, vegans march in Tel Aviv, West Bank protesters clash with Israeli soldiers, and East Jerusalem families find themselves homeless.

By Activestills January 30, 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

A Youth rides a horse next to his unrecognised Bedouins villages in the Negev, Israel, December 10, 2013. According to the recently published Israeli Prawer-Begin plan map, some 40,000 Bedouin would be displaced and around 250,000 dunams of Bedouin land would be expropriated by the state. (photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Bedouin perseverance and other protests

This week: Resisting displacement of Negev Bedouin, mourning Nelson Mandela, shootings of Palestinians by Israeli forces, marching in Nabi Saleh, protesting conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, taking action for animal rights, and seeking asylum for Afghan refugees.

By Activestills December 12, 2013

Israeli policemen advance as Bedouin youth throw stones during a protest against the Israeli government's Prawer Plan, near the town of Hura, Israel, on November 30, 2013 near the town of Hura, Israel. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: Days of rage

This week: Anti-Prawer Plan protests from south to north, tear gas weapons on a Bethlehem Christmas tree, a Druze refusenik, a fake fur fashion show, a water break during clashes, an Emmy-winner against the wall, Ethiopians arrested, Al-Araqib endures demolition, Afghan asylum seekers in Europe, and the ongoing humiliations of occupation. Photos: Activestills.org …

By Activestills December 5, 2013

Palestinian activists cut part of the Separation Barrier in the West Bank village of Rafat, near Ramallah, November 15, 2013. (photo: Activestills.org)

From breaking barriers to waiting in Gaza: A week in photos – November 14-20

This week: Palestinians destroy the separation barrier in three different villages across the West Bank, Bedouin protest the Prawer Plan in the Negev, Bethlehem residents receive demolition orders, animal rights activists pour fake blood all over an Israeli supermarket, and more. …

By Activestills November 21, 2013

#269Life animal rights activists protest in a supermarket owned by the meat company Soglowek in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, spraying red paint on the counters, November 20, 2013. Eleven activists were arrested. (Photo: Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Animal rights activists arrested in Israeli meat factory store

Police arrested 11 animal rights activists during a protest action against the meat industry in northern Israel on Wednesday. The activists, carrying signs reading “take responsibility,” entered the Soglowek meat factory store in the city of Nahariya and spilled red paint on glass display cases and meat counters. Employees of the store attacked the activists,…

By Activestills November 20, 2013