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Palestinian loses eye after police stun grenade explodes in his face
Abdullah Rawajbeh was smoking a cigarette when a Border Police officer threw a grenade at his face. Doctors had no choice but to remove his eye.
By
Basel Adra
January 9, 2023
“He asked me how many children I have. Then he said: ‘Now you have one less.'”
After shooting three Palestinians, two fatally, the Israeli army misled their mothers about which of their sons was dead, and refuses to return the bodies.
By
Basel Adra
and
Yuval Abraham
November 8, 2022
WATCH: Soldiers assault +972 writer Basil al-Adraa
Al-Adraa, who regularly reports on army and settler violence, was beaten while documenting Israeli soldiers near his West Bank village.
By
Oren Ziv
and
Yuval Abraham
May 8, 2022
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‘We were like brothers’: Refugee camp reels after army shoots Palestinian on hike
Amar Shafiq Abu Afifa was out strolling when Israeli soldiers gave chase and shot him in the head, adding to a grim toll suffered by al-Arroub refugee camp.
By
Yuval Abraham
March 10, 2022
The unexceptional violence of Israel’s ‘Haredi battalion’
After the killing of a Palestinian elder, the Netzah Yehuda army unit is again in the spotlight. But the violent system it is part of still escapes scrutiny.
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
February 28, 2022
A most moral violence
A new collection of essays explores how the Israeli army justifies its violence against Palestinians — and why Israeli society so readily accepts its abuses.
By
Noam Sheizaf
December 29, 2021
How Israel is predetermining a violent outcome for Gaza return march
Security officials have launched a public campaign painting the ‘Great Return March’ as a violent, Hamas-sponsored event. Israel has never needed excuses to violently suppress Palestinian protests, which makes this a priori justification of violence all the more worrying. Israel’s senior-most defense policy official once famously told American diplomats that “we don’t do Gandhi very…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
March 29, 2018
Who’s afraid of Israeli hate crimes?
What the government calls ‘nationalist crimes’ are not random acts of violence—they have a clear goal: dispossessing Palestinians of their land. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz From time to time, this country is shaken by a particularly severe wave of nationalistically-motivated hate crimes against Palestinians, often in the form of arson or desecration of a religious…
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+972 Magazine
June 28, 2015
WATCH: Soldiers attack Palestinian journalists in West Bank refugee camp
Soldiers push, throw stun grenades and point their guns at Palestinian journalists reporting on clashes in Jalazone refugee camp. A video published last weekend showed a group of soldiers from the Kfir Brigade assaulting a Palestinian man in Jalazone refugee camp, throwing him on the ground while kicking and beating him with their guns. Four…
By
Haggai Matar
June 18, 2015
Army arrests unconscious activist at Corrie commemoration
During an olive planting action to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians–one of them while unconscious. Text and photos by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org Marking 12 years since the death of Rachel Corrie, activists planted 40 olive trees in the threatened lands of the West Bank…
By
Activestills
March 16, 2015
How does the army please settlers? By upping its violence
When the settlers of Halamish complained that the IDF isn’t being violent enough, a brigadier-general assured them that he orders his troops to use unnecessary force against Palestinians. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Near the Palestinian villages of Dir Nizam and Nabi Salah lies a settlement named Halamish, also known as Neve Tsuf.…
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+972 Magazine
February 20, 2015
PHOTO: Soldier punches Palestinian activist in the face
Israeli soldiers have been harassing Palestinian activist Issa Amro since he released a video of a soldier cocking his weapon at two youths. ‘They know I am a moving camera,’ he says. Palestinian non-violent activist Issa Amro is seen in the following photo, taken on May 28, being punched by an IDF soldier (the soldier’s identity…
By
Mairav Zonszein
June 8, 2014
PHOTOS: Whose hands are really tied in the West Bank?
Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Just about every article covering the social media meme supporting the Israeli soldier caught on video cocking and aiming his gun at Palestinian youths in Hebron includes a line something like, “soldiers are tired of having their hands tied” when dealing with Palestinians. To help relieve any confusion,…
By
Activestills
May 3, 2014
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