Day of Rage

A wounded Palestinian is carried on a stretcher during clashes with Israeli security forces on the Israeli-Gaza border, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, December 8, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Protests against Trump declaration met with violence across Palestine

Thousands protest President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Israeli forces kill at least one and critically wound another. Hundreds more are wounded by live fire, rubber bullets, and tear gas. By +972 Magazine Israeli forces killed at least one Palestinian and wounded hundreds of others in clashes across the occupied territories on…

By +972 Magazine December 8, 2017

Israeli troops fire tear gas into a crowd of Palestinians protesting in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, Beita, Nablus region of the West Bank, April 28, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

‘Day of Rage’ protests across West Bank in support of hunger strikers

Israeli troops suppress the protests with live bullets, rubber-coated munitions, and tear gas, wounding dozens. 1,500 Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike to demand improved conditions, an end to administrative detention. Thousands of Palestinians held protests in at least a dozen locations around the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday as part of a…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 28, 2017

Palestinian shops in Nablus are shuttered during a general strike in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners, April 27, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Palestinians hold general strike in support of hunger-striking prisoners

Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners have refused food for nearly two weeks to protest prison conditions and practices like administrative detention. A ‘day of rage’ is planned for Friday. A general strike in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on took place across the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday. Shops in commercial districts shuttered their…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 27, 2017

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Police arrest Bedouin youths as they pushed the remaining protesters back into the village of Hura. Youth had blocked the main road for hours after a protest against the Prawer Plan, November 30, 2013. (Photo: Activestills.org)

Police, courts take extreme measures against anti-Prawer Plan arrestees

Twelve activists arrested at Negev ‘day of rage’ protest are still in jail after more than a week; police are asking they be detained until the end of legal proceedings; activists fear the heavy handedness is an attempt to smother resistance to Prawer. Solidarity demonstration is held in Tel Aviv. It has been more than…

By Haggai Matar December 8, 2013

Bedouin youth set tires barricade on fire during a protest against the Israeli government's Prawer Plan, on road 31 on November 30, 2013 near the town of Hura, Israel.

PHOTOS: ‘Day of rage’ against the Prawer Plan in five cities

In protest of the Prawer-Begin Plan, which if implemented, will result in the forced displacement of tens of thousands of Bedouin in the Negev desert, Bedouin and other activists organized a ‘day of rage.’ On Saturday November 30, demonstrations took place in the southern town of Hura, in Haifa, East Jerusalem, Ramallah and Jaffa. The…

By Activestills December 1, 2013

Bedouin child being dragged and arrested by police during anti-Prawer demo in Hura, Nov 30, 2013 (Omalek/Adalah)

Police drag, arrest and allegedly beat Bedouin child at anti-Prawer protest

Adalah attorney witnesses the child being beaten inside police car, says the 14-year-old minor is accused of holding – and not throwing – a stone. Protests against the Prawer Plan, especially the central protest in the southern town of Hura, made it to top headlines on all Israel media sites last night, showing mostly the…

By Mairav Zonszein December 1, 2013

Bedouin youth clash with Israeli riot police in the Negev town of Hura, November 30, 2013. The clashes followed protests against he Prawer Plan, which if implemented, would displace tens of thousands of Bedouin. (Photo: Activestills.org)

Activists hold ‘day of rage’ protests against Prawer Plan

+972’s live blog follows November 30 ‘Day of Rage’ protests against the Prawer-Begin Plan, which if implemented, will forcefully displace tens of thousands of Bedouin living in the Negev desert. By Activestills, +972 Magazine staff Bedouin, Palestinian and Israeli activists staged a ‘Day of Rage’ against the Prawer Plan Saturday afternoon, holding rallies and protests…

By Activestills November 30, 2013

A demonstrator is arrested during a protest against the Prawer Plan in Israel's north. (photo: Activestills/Oren Ziv)

Police threaten activists, bus companies as anti-Prawer protest intensifies

As the third ‘Day of Rage’ against the Prawer Plan to displace the Bedouin of the Negev nears, police have started to harass activists and bus companies involved in the protest planned for Saturday. The past two weeks have seen a rise in anti-Prawer protests. Bedouin activists in the Negev were urgently summoned local police…

By Haggai Matar November 29, 2013

Demonstrators protest the Prawer-Begin plan at Lehavim Junction, along the Tel Aviv-Beer Sheva highway, in the Negev, August 1, 2013. (Photo: Matt Surrusco)

Hundreds protest Bedouin displacement in the Negev

Demonstrations against the Prawer-Begin Plan continue on a second ‘Day of Rage’ with hundreds demonstrating in the Negev, and standing off with police. Omar Naammeh stood alone about 50 feet back from the concentration of approximately 700 protestors, mostly youth, on a dusty elevation overlooking Lehavim Junction, along the Tel Aviv-Beer Sheva highway, south of…

By Matt Surrusco August 2, 2013