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Israeli riot police wait for demonstrators marching to protest home demolitions, Ar'ara, January 21, 2017. (Keren Manor/Activestills)
PHOTOS: Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis protest home demolitions
Over 5,000 Arabs and Jews gather in Wadi Ara, northern Israel, to protest against recent home demolitions in Palestinian communities. Photos by Keren Manor, text by Yael Marom More than 5,000 Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel converged on the town of Ar’ara in the Wadi Ara region of northern Israel on Saturday, to protest…
By Activestills January 21, 2017
Police arrest an Arab protester during an anti-war demonstration in Nazareth. (photo: Activestills.org)
Following wave of protests, Israel arrests scores of Arab activists, minors
Hundreds of Arab citizens of Israel have been detained in recent weeks, including dozens of minors. Abusive interrogations and preemptive arrests suggest that many of the tactics of occupation have crossed the Green Line. By Hagar Sheizaf (Translated by Ofer Neiman) The murder of Muhammed Abu Khdeir and the military onslaught in Gaza have brought about…
By +972 Magazine July 22, 2014
A demonstrator is arrested during a protest against the Prawer Plan in Israel's north. (photo: Activestills/Oren Ziv)
Live blog: Activists hold ‘day of rage’ to protest Prawer Plan
Activists declared a “day of rage” across Israel and Palestine on August 1, the second such day of protests against an Israeli plan that would see the displacement of some 30,000 Bedouin citizens from their villages in the Negev. Tens of thousands of Bedouin citizens of Israel live in “unrecognized” villages. Because the Israeli government does…
By +972 Magazine August 1, 2013
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