Beit Safafa

Construction takes place in the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Homa in between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, West Bank. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Dispelling the myths about building in Jerusalem

In Jerusalem, construction of Jewish neighborhoods continues unabated, while Palestinians are still struggling for basic infrastructure. By Aviv Tatarsky There is no construction freeze. As opposed to declarations by right-wing politicians such as Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat or Education Minister Naftali Bennett, construction in Jerusalem was never frozen, while the cranes and bulldozers keep working…

By +972 Magazine July 7, 2016

Police arrest a Palestinian youth as they disperse a march in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Palestinians carried an empty coffin in the symbolic funeral for Abdelrahman Shaloudy, who killed a baby and another woman in Jerusalem after he rammed his vehicle into pedestrians, October 26, 2014. Shaludi died of his injuries after he was shot by police while trying to flee the scene. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Police brutality in East Jerusalem mini-market

All the Salman family wanted to do was sit in their grocery store and have a nice lunch. That all changed when police stormed the place, tasered one and arrested three. By Michael Salisbury-Coresh On Tuesday May 26, Israeli Police arrested a group of Palestinians without entry permits in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Safafa. Two…

By +972 Magazine May 28, 2015

An Israeli soldiers is seen jumping along concrete blocks as Israeli authorities install a new section of the separation wall surrounding the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, December 3, 2014. (Activestills.org)

The real roots of violence in Jerusalem

Prior to the outbreak of violence in Jerusalem last summer, some believed a new trend of 'Israelization' within Palestinian society in East Jerusalem offered a 'solution' for securing Israeli dominance in the city. But true equality carries a cost Israelis are not necessarily ready to pay.

By +972 Magazine May 17, 2015

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Members of Neturei Karta celebrate Palestine's UN bid in Ramallah. (photo: Activestills)

I am a Palestinian Jew, or at least I will be

In order to avoid theocracy, apartheid and civil war, one Israeli believes it is time for her fellow Jewish citizens to start re-imagining their identity. By Dorit Naaman Fine, I am not yet a Palestinian Jew, but in 10 to 15 years – and certainly in my lifetime – this place will be called Palestine,…

By +972 Magazine June 17, 2014

The bereaved mother and sister of Muhammad Asfour cry at his funeral in the West Bank village of Abud, March 8, 2013. Muhammad Asfour, 22, was hit in the head by a rubber coated steel bullet, shot by an Israeli soldier on February 22, 2013 during clashes at the entrance to his home village of Abud, northwest of Ramallah, during a solidarity protest for hunger striking Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
Asfour succumbed to his fatal injury after two weeks in the hospital. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

From a mother’s grief to an immigrant’s fear: A week in photos – March 7-13

This week: The funeral of a Palestinian killed by Israeli forces; olive tree planters face settlers and soldiers; Women of the Wall’s protest; a Palestinian action against family separations; Beit Safafa resists a road; solidarity with Samer Issawi continues; Israelis protest for human rights and animal rights, and African immigrants face anger in Tel Aviv.…

By Activestills March 14, 2013

Beit Safafa residents at construction site of Highway 4 (YotamRonen/Activestills)

A divided Palestinian neighborhood, torn in two by an Israeli highway

Beit Safafa is a Palestinian neighborhood just south of West Jerusalem, inside annexed and occupied East Jerusalem, all within the boundaries of Israel’s vast Jerusalem municipality. It is situated between the Green Line to its northern perimeter, and the Israeli settlement of Gilo on its southern perimeter. (To find Beit Safafa on Ir Amim’s map below, move your…

By Mairav Zonszein March 2, 2013