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Israeli soldiers belonging to the IDF's Sky Rider unit seen during a training drill at the Tze'elim army base, August 5, 2013. The Sky Rider Unit operates unmanned aerial vehicles manufactured by Elbit Systems. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Top Israeli university marketing country’s arms industry to the world

A new university course at Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology teaches students how to brand and market Israel’s defense industry to global audiences. By Shimrit Lee Contrary to popular belief, Israel’s military-industrial complex doesn’t run on government and arms manufacturers alone. Academia, a sphere often imagined as a bastion of free speech, independent from corporate interests, plays…

By +972 Magazine March 9, 2017

An Israeli bulldozer carries uprooted olive trees to make way for Israel's separation wall, in the West Bank town of Beit Jala near the Jewish settlement of Gilo and adjacent to the biblical Palestinian town of Bethlehem, August 20, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Dozens of Palestinian-owned trees uprooted to build separation wall

Dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees uprooted to complete separation wall that will eventually fully encircle the Bethlehem area. Text and photos by Oren Ziv / Activestills.org The Israeli Defense Ministry renewed its efforts to build a section of the separation wall in the Bethlehem area this week, sending bulldozers and Border Policemen to uproot dozens…

By Activestills August 21, 2015

An Israeli military bulldozer destroys part of the family home of Zakaria Al-Aqra, age 24, after he was killed by an army raid in the West Bank village of Qabalan, August 11, 2014.

PHOTOS: Israeli forces kill Palestinian and bulldoze his family house

In an overnight raid in the West Bank village of Qabalan, Israeli forces kill 24-year-old Palestinian Zakaria Al-Aqra and injure six others. They then bulldoze part of his family’s house. Photos and text by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org At about midnight on August 11, the Israeli army raided the West Bank village of Qabalan near Nablus. As…

By Activestills August 16, 2014

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American activist Rachel Corrie (photo: Rachel Corrie Foundation)

In Rachel Corrie verdict, Israel deals new blow to international law

The verdict on the 2003 killing of Rachel Corrie absolved Israel of any wrongdoing, essentially blaming the victim for her death. The trial revealed Israel’s approach to the most fundamental principles of international law, and especially to the duty to protect non-combatants. By Jeff Halper For those who hoped for a just verdict on the…

By +972 Magazine August 28, 2012

Soon to be outlawed? A BDS rally in Melbourne (Photo: Takver)

Why did progressive U.S. Jewish groups oppose divestment?

Despite having an explicit anti-settlement position, J Street and Americans for Peace Now actively opposed the Presbyterian Church’s efforts to divest from companies that profit from the occupation. By doing so, they are standing in the way of the Palestinian stride for freedom. By Naftali Kaminski and Michael Zigmond Undoubtedly, when Peter Beinart wrote his…

By +972 Magazine July 14, 2012

Monks in Jerusalem. They are often spat at by yeshiva boys. (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

Palestinian Christians do not tolerate life under occupation

Ambassador Michael Oren insists that in all the Middle East, Christians have it the best in Israel, but a history of dispossession paints a more complex picture. The writer asserts Palestinian Christians are emigrating due to Israel’s discriminatory policies, and calls attention to upcoming resolutions by churches in the United States to divest from Israeli…

By +972 Magazine May 1, 2012