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Palestinian residents of Kafr Laqef organize the Friday Muslim prayer on their lands to protest against the Israeli construction, December 20, 2019. (Ahmad Al-Bazz)

Settlers are seizing ‘empty’ land. The Palestinian owners are fighting back

When Israel took over Ahmad Qaddoura's land in the 1980s, it rejected his petition to stop the expropriation. Now, a nearby settlement is using the land to build a factory.

By Ahmad Al-Bazz January 7, 2020

WATCH: Israeli troops train assault rifles on medics and journalists

After arresting and wounding a Palestinian protester, Israeli Border Police attack medics who try to reach the detained man, as well as the photographers covering the arrest. By Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Israeli Border Police officers trained their assault rifles on medics and journalists during a protest at the DCO checkpoint on the outskirts of Ramallah last…

By Activestills December 24, 2017

A Palestinian man with an explosive belt is seen carried by paramedics after being shot by Israeli soldiers during clashes at the DCO Checkpoint, Beit El, West Bank. The man attempted to stab Israeli soldiers shooting tear gas at the demonstrators. Upon falling to the ground, he revealed an explosive belt strapped to his body. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Israeli troops stop Palestinian would-be suicide bomber

Israeli soldiers shoot and kill a Palestinian man wearing an explosive belt during clashes at a checkpoint near Ramallah. Three more Palestinians are killed during protests across the occupied territories. By Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Israeli Border Police officers shot and wounded a Palestinian wearing an explosive belt during clashes at the DCO checkpoint near Ramallah on Friday.…

By Activestills December 15, 2017

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Ahmad Awad, whose son, Samir, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers, stands outside Ramle Magistrate's Court, September 22, 2016. (photo: Haggai Matar)

Watching your son’s killers walk free

This is the story of a Palestinian father whose son was shot in the back by two Israeli soldiers. In the bizarre reality of occupation, he is the one who must ask permission from the wardens while his son’s killers walk free. What took place at the Ramle Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning was beyond bizarre. Every…

By Haggai Matar September 24, 2016

Settlers watch on as Israeli authorities carry out a High Court order to demolish two apartment buildings in the settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, July 29, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) All Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law.

Go ahead, tear down the High Court — watch the occupation crumble

In response to the demolition of two high-profile settlement buildings, an MK in the ruling coalition calls for the destruction of the High Court itself. He may not have thought that one through. Israel’s High Court of Justice on Monday ordered the state to demolish two apartment buildings in the settlement of Beit El. Israeli…

By Noam Sheizaf July 29, 2015

Illustrative photo of a man being arrested. (Shutterstock.com)

‘Price tag’ settler argues in court that revenge isn’t a crime

You would think that sentencing a group of Israelis for setting fire to a Palestinian cafe is a positive development. But a closer look shows that the culture of minimizing the seriousness of price tag attacks is alive and strong. Were people’s lives and livelihoods not at stake, it would have been an almost sublime piece of…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland April 16, 2015

Hundreds participated at the funeral of Ali Safi in Jalazun refugee camp near Ramallah, March 26, 2015. By: Ahmad al-Bazz / Activestills.org

PHOTOS: Hundreds mourn Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli soldiers

By: Ahmad al Bazz / Activestills.org Hundreds of Palestinians gathered to take part in the funeral of Ali Safi in the Jalazun refugee camp near Ramallah Thursday. Safi, 18, was shot with live bullets by Israeli soldiers during clashes near the refugee camp on Wednesday, March 18. He was taken to a hospital in Ramallah…

By Activestills March 26, 2015

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz at the Defense Ministry. (photo: Haim Zach / GPO)

How Bibi is turning the defense budget into a settler slush fund

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ya’alon will transfer NIS 70 million from the defense budget to compensate the Ulpana Hill lawbreakers. How will the common soldier interpret the command’s will? By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Israel’s Channel 10 exposed earlier this week another layer in the unending saga of Ulpana Hill: Prime…

By +972 Magazine January 9, 2015

January 28, 2013: Two caravans form a new Israeli settler outpost on land belonging to the Palestinian West Bank village of Jayyous. The caravans were put there last week and are already connected to the water lines of the nearby settlement of Zufit (photo: Activestills)

‘Israel must prosecute West Bank land thieves’

Settlement depends on deception, lies and theft. So why aren’t the police and prosecution doing everything in their power to put an end to it? By Yesh Din (written by Yossi Gurvitz) The story was supposed to be simple: Yoel Tzur, the CEO of the Company for the Development of the Yeshiva Town in Beit…

By +972 Magazine February 6, 2014

Construction at the settlement of Beit El, February 05, 2013. (Photo: Ahmad Al Bazz/Activestills.org

Streamlining the theft of Palestinian land

Without any compunction, the Beit El Yeshiva was even willing to defraud settlers. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz When the Ulpana Hill neighborhood in Beit El (whose proper name is Jabl Artis, privately owned by the residents of Dura Al Qara) was evacuated, the settlers began a loud campaign saying Yesh Din’s petition…

By +972 Magazine November 22, 2013

Construction at the settlement of Beit El, February 05, 2013. (Photo: Ahmad Al Bazz/Activestills.org

Like thieves in the night: Stealing Palestinian land

The Israeli government wants to prolong its long-term thievery, based on a particularly dirty trick. A few words on the uneven ground upon which the settlement of Beit El rests. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Up until a few months ago, yours truly lived in a Jaffan cubicle, for which he shelled a…

By +972 Magazine October 7, 2013

A hitchhiker outside the West Bank settlement of Kfar Adumim [illustrative] (Craig Antweiler / CC)

Settler security official: ‘Palestinians are not supposed to stand next to Jews’

The settler media outlet Arutz Sheva reported (Hebrew) a highly “irregular” occurrence on Wednesday morning, in which a Palestinian stood next to Jewish Israelis at a hitchhiking stop near the West Bank settlement of Beit El. Avigdor Shatz, the Binyamin Regional Council’s chief security officer in the area, was quoted as saying: Palestinians are not supposed…

By Mairav Zonszein February 13, 2013

New construction taking place in the Beit El settlement, February 5, 2013 (Photo: Ahmad Al Bazz/Activestills.org)

Rewarding the lawbreakers: New settlement homes on confiscated lands

Israel approves 90 new settlement homes in Beit El to reward evacuees from the evacuated settlement neighborhood of Givat Ha’Ulpana. The problem? The homes are to be built on lands confiscated for security purposes, a practice the High Court ruled against decades ago. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz One of ancient Greece’s sages,…

By +972 Magazine February 13, 2013