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Palestinians march during a rally marking the anniversary of the Nakba in the West Bank city of Nablus, May 15, 2024. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

How do we tell the story of the Nakba when the plot hasn’t ended?

Elias Khoury’s new book encapsulates the symbiotic relationship between literature and the Nakba, exploring its nature as a continuum of calamities.

By Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani May 15, 2024

Israeli police arrest Palestinian demonstrators outside the re-established Bab al-Shams protest village, Ma'ale Adumim, January 20, 2017. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinians build village to protest West Bank annexation bill

Police arrest six Palestinians for building a protest village to demonstrate against a bill that would annex the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc to Israel. Photos by Activestills.org, text by Yael Marom Fifty Palestinian activists established a protest village Friday morning adjacent to the West Bank settlement bloc, Ma’ale Adumim, to protest a bill that would annex the area…

By Activestills January 20, 2017

Settlement construction in Gilo, January 21, 2010. (Photo: Activestills.org)

Housing Ministry publishes massive settlement plan, Netanyahu orders review

*POST UPDATED BELOW* Israel’s Ministry of Housing and Construction (run by Jewish Home MK Uri Ariel, who lives in a West Bank settlement) published tenders last week for 20,000 new settlements units, including a tender to build 1,200 units in the southern part of the highly controversial E-1 area, Haaretz (Hebrew) reported Tuesday. According to…

By Mairav Zonszein November 12, 2013

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Palestinians march with torches through the streets of Bethlehem to commemorate the Nakba, May 14, 2013. (Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day in rallies and protests

As Noam Sheizaf’s recent headline states, “the Nakba’s memory is more present than ever in Israel.” The Nakba, literally, “the catastrophe,” is the name given to the massive deportation of more then 700,000 Palestinians from what became the State of Israel in 1948. Sheizaf goes on to point out how efforts, such as the “Nakba law,” which…

By Activestills May 16, 2013

New York City. (photo: flickr/Tony the Misfit)

America can give the Middle East more than money and arms: Inspiration

New York City is at its spiffiest these days, so much so that sometimes when visiting, especially during these fresh days of spring, I have flashes of being in Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. A hopeless nostalgic, the Technicolor contrast to the lurking, brooding grime of the city I grew up in sometimes tugs at me. But…

By Dahlia Scheindlin April 1, 2013

Palestinian activists protest in Deheishe refugee camp against U.S. President Obama's visit to Bethlehem, West Bank, March 22, 2013. (Photo by: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

From Obama drama to Palm Sunday protests: A week in photos – March 21-27

This week: Protests shadow Obama’s itinerary, a protest village in E1 is built and demolished, animal rights activists are scarred for life, and Palestinians march for water rights, prisoner solidarity, and to protest Israel’s permit regime.

By Activestills March 28, 2013

A Palestinian shepherd tends his flocks near the Israeli separation wall close to the Bethlehem checkpoint, August 25, 2012. The Israeli barrier and settlements have rendered 85% of Bethlehem Governorate's agricultural lands off-limits to Palestinian use. (photo: RRB/Activestills.org)

Cracks in the wall: A glimmer of hope for Israel-Palestine

From up close, a wall can seem smooth, unbreakable and infinite – it is the only thing in sight. The wall, a wall of despair or a wall of separation, is real. But by taking a few steps back, either physically or spiritually, cracks in the wall can come into sight. By Moriel Rothman I’ve been in the…

By +972 Magazine March 15, 2013