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Illustrative photo of a Jewish Israeli man inside a sukkah, a temporary structure, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. (Flash90)
Connecting Sukkot and the fight against home demolitions
Around the world, dozens of communities are organizing activities to draw the connection between Sukkot — a holiday in which Jews commemorate the physical insecurities experienced by their ancestors — and the need to protect Palestinian villages in danger of destruction by Israel. By Micah Friedman Israeli demolitions have left 256 Palestinians homeless in the…
By +972 Magazine October 10, 2017
Israeli troops attempt to block anti-occupation activists from marching down a West Bank road toward a settlement in a protest against settler violence, April 28, 2017. (Orly Noy)
Hundreds of Israelis march on settlements to protest violence
Police, army block anti-occupation activists from entering area settlements, adjacent to where 15 masked settlers violently attacked activists last week. By Yael Marom and Maayan Dak Around 200 anti-occupation activists on Friday marched on a West Bank outpost from which settlers attacked solidarity activists, Palestinians, and even Israeli soldiers in recent weeks. The protest was…
By +972 Magazine April 28, 2017
Jewish Israeli settlers attack activists with Ta'ayush in the Jordan Valley, April 21, 2017. (Ta'ayush/Screenshot)
WATCH: Masked settlers attack left-wing activists in Jordan Valley
Five of the activists, who were there to protect Palestinian shepherds from settler attacks, were themselves wounded by Israeli settlers. A group of masked Israeli settlers attacked over a dozen activists with Jewish-Arab solidarity group Ta’ayush in the Jordan Valley on Friday morning. The activists were accompanying Palestinian shepherds working near al-Auja, which is near…
By Orly Noy April 21, 2017
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Settler who attacked leftist rabbi: ‘If I kill one it’ll be over’
The young settler charged with attacking Rabbi Arik Ascherman blames human rights advocates for causing tension in the West Bank: ‘If I kill one of them it’ll be over. But that isn’t legal.’ The Jewish extremist accused of attacking Rabbis for Human Rights president Arik Ascherman last month was charged in court two weeks ago with causing grievous…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland November 27, 2015
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