Beita

Friends, activists, Palestinian, and Turkish officials take part in an honorary funeral for Turkish-American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by Israeli forces in Beita on Sept. 6, in the West Bank city of Nablus, September 8, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

‘She came here out of love’: Palestinians, allies honor activist slain by Israeli army

Eyewitnesses recount the killing of Turkish-American Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi at a protest in Beita, decrying Israel’s efforts to scare off international activists.

By Oren Ziv September 10, 2024

Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak seen in the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, arrested as part of unprecedented legal campaign by Ad Kan, January 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Want to fight for real equality? Look to Jonathan Pollak

For Israeli and U.S. activists, demanding equality tends to mean raising others to our level of privilege. But how many are willing to relinquish that privilege?

By Libby Lenkinski October 5, 2023

Activists hold up posters in support of Jonathan Pollak at the weekly protest in the Palestinian town of Beita, occupied West Bank, February 3, 2023. (Wahaj Banimoufleh)

The plot to put an Israeli anti-Zionist behind bars

The collusion between police and right-wing groups to indict veteran activist Jonathan Pollak is an alarming escalation that threatens all Jewish dissidents.

By Oren Ziv February 9, 2023

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Palestinian residents of the West Bank town of Beita hold nightly protests against the settlement of Eviatar built on their lands, June 29, 2021. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

The women at the heart of Beita’s resistance

For 100 days, Palestinians from Beita camped on a mountain to disrupt the rebuilding of an Israeli settler outpost. Meet the women who made it possible.

By Fatima AbdulKarim April 20, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left), Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (right), Israeli Presdint Reuven Rivlin (center) and other Israeli ministers pose for a group photo of the newly sworn in Israeli government, President's Residence, Jerusalem, June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why Israel’s new government brings grim news and rare hope

Two stories reveal that while the Bennett-Lapid government will remain bad on all things occupation, its fractured coalition could help undermine parts of its racist agenda.

By Haggai Matar June 30, 2021

Palestinian protesters burn tires during a protest against the settlement outpost of Eviatar, West Bank, June 11, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

Inside Beita’s protests: ‘The settlers didn’t understand who they were dealing with’

For weeks, Palestinians in Beita have been burning tires, shining lasers, and defying army violence day and night to resist an Israeli settlement outpost.

By Oren Ziv June 29, 2021