Arab Higher Monitoring Committee

Members of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and Arab parliament members hold a press conference at a protest tent in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem regarding violence in their community, November 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘The government’s goal is to leave Palestinians in Israel without leadership’

Despite criticisms of the body, Palestinian citizens view efforts to outlaw the High Follow-Up Committee as a dangerous attack on their political rights.

By Baker Zoubi August 10, 2023

Young Palestinians demonstrate against the Prawer Plan in East Jerusalem, November 30, 2013. (Photo: Activestills.org)

The case for a unified Palestinian protest movement

The Arab Higher Monitoring Committee is calling for a general strike against recent Israel-U.S. attempts to further repress Palestinians. This is an opportunity to involve a younger generation of activists, and coordinate a joint struggle. By Rabeea Eid Palestinians across Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are banding together in a general strike on October 1, in…

By +972 Magazine September 24, 2018

Palestinian citizens of Israel demonstrate at a mass rally following the demolition of 11 homes in the Arab town of Qalansuwa, central Israel, January 13, 2017. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

One inciting prime minister and 11 destroyed homes

Hundreds of Palestinian citizens demonstrate against the demolition of homes in the Arab town of Qalansuwa earlier this week. In a week during which the Israeli media focused mostly on itself and Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest corruption scandal, we in the Arab community focused on our homes, and our basic right to live on this land.…

By Samah Salaime January 14, 2017

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Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel demonstrate against the government's housing discrimination and policy of home demolitions, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, April 28, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Thousands protest policy of home demolitions in Tel Aviv

Some 50,000 Palestinian homes in Israel are under threat of demolition. The Israeli government is not addressing the serious housing crisis among the Arab population, activists and politicians say. Photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Several thousand Palestinian citizens of Israel held a demonstration in the center of Tel Aviv Tuesday evening, demanding an end to home…

By Activestills April 28, 2015

Joint List chair Ayman Odeh leads a recognition march throughout the unrecognized villages of the Negev, March 26, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Joint List marches for unrecognized Bedouin villages

Arab leaders begin four-day march across Negev to pressure Israeli government to recognize dozens of villages that lack electricity and running water. Photos: Oren Ziv, text: Yael Maron Dozens of members of the Joint List — including chairman Ayman Odeh, Dov Khenin and other future members of Knesset — marched alongside other Arab leaders Thursday…

By Activestills March 26, 2015

Bedouin mourners participate in a rally in the southern Israeli Bedouin city of Rahat to condemn the death of Sami Ja’ar, 22, who died of a gunshot wound last week during a police raid in the Negev Bedouin town, and of Sami Ziadna, who was killed during clashes with Israeli police following the funeral of Ja’ar. The protesters march from the house of Ja’ar family to Ziadna family home, January 20, 2015. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Bedouin protest deadly police shootings in Israel

Police shoot and kill a Bedouin man during an arrest raid, later killing another man at his funeral. A general strike is called and protests take place across Israel. Text by Yael Marom and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Photos and reporting by Activestills.org Protests took place across Israel on Tuesday following the police shooting death of…

By Activestills January 21, 2015