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The new Jewish-Arab movement that plans to save the Israeli left
Standing Together, a new joint Arab-Jewish movement, is aiming to transform Israeli politics. It won’t be easy, but the Israeli left’s first step back to power might be believing that it can win again. The Israeli left is in the midst of an historic crisis. Out of power for over 20 years (with the exception…
By
Joshua Leifer
April 9, 2018
Hundreds protest to recognize the disappearance of Yemenite children
Hundreds block central Tel Aviv street while calling on the government to recognize one of the most harrowing chapters in Israeli history. Over 500 people demonstrated Monday evening in central Tel Aviv, calling on the state to recognize its responsibility for the Yemenite children’s affair, which took place in the years after the country was…
By
Haggai Matar
September 26, 2017
PHOTOS: Thousands of Palestinians march to commemorate Land Day
Thousands march across Israel and the occupied territories to commemorate 41 years since security forces shot dead six Palestinians for protesting land expropriations. Hundreds of Palestinians took part in marches across Israel on Wednesday and Thursday to mark “Land Day,” commemorating the six Palestinian citizens killed by Israeli forces in 1976. The events began on Wednesday in a torch-lit march…
By
Activestills
March 30, 2017
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PHOTOS: Pepper spray and arrests as Bil’in marks decade of struggle
Text by Haggai Matar Photos by Yotam Ronen, Shiraz Grinbaum, Miki Kratsman / Activestills.org Nearly 1,000 protesters — Palestinians, Israelis and internationals — marched to celebrate 10 years of popular struggle in the West Bank village Bil’in. Soldiers responded with tear gas, pepper spray and arrests. One Palestinian was badly wounded. Meanwhile, activists marked 21…
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Haggai Matar
February 28, 2015
Knesset candidates plant olive trees with Palestinian farmers
Palestinian activists build new protest camp near Jerusalem to protest displacement of West Bank Bedouin, settlement expansion; the Israeli army dismantles the camp. Over 100 Israeli activists, among them four Knesset candidates in the upcoming elections, joined Palestinian farmers in from the West Bank village of Kfar Yassuf to plant olive saplings to mark the…
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Haggai Matar
February 5, 2015
Arab parties likely to announce historic joint election slate in coming days
Islamists, Marxists, women and Jews: The Arab parties have done the seemingly impossible and are likely announce a united election slate in the coming days. By Yael Marom and Nadav Frankovich Israel’s Arab parties are expected to announce the formation of a combined election slate in the lead-up to the upcoming elections. The slate, which…
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+972 Magazine
January 22, 2015
Protest marking 47 years of occupation in Tel Aviv will ‘disrupt routine,’ police says
This week marks 47 years since the start of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights, the product of the Six-Day War that took place June 5-10, 1967. That is almost half a century, and nearly three-quarters of Israel’s entire existence. Like every year, the tiny Israeli left plans to hold…
By
Mairav Zonszein
June 3, 2014
Why are Jerusalem leftists voting for a pro-settlement mayor?
Over 5 million Israelis have the right to vote in the municipal elections today. National politics are not as directly reflected in municipal polls as they were in the past – when Likud and Labor used those as platform for securing their parties’ political machines (plus, there just isn’t much of a competition in the…
By
Noam Sheizaf
October 22, 2013
WATCH: To whom does the Israeli coastline belong?
The coast that allows Israelis a respite from the heat is now in danger. Israel’s public beaches are about to face massive construction that will decrease their public territory and destroy their ecological balance in favor of upscale hotels and apartment buildings. Now, a new protest movement lead by environmental activists, is fighting to safeguard…
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Social TV
June 14, 2013
WATCH: Activists call to free conscientious objector outside IDF headquarters
On May 21, 2013, dozens of people held a solidarity demonstration with conscientious objector Natan Blanc, in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. Blanc is serving his tenth prison term for refusing to be drafted into the Israeli army. This is an all time record of number of consecutive prison terms for a…
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Social TV
May 28, 2013
Tel Aviv’s mayoral race: Time for a Mizrahi candidate
The Mizrahi Jewish community is Israel’s largest ethnic group, and its historic links to the Middle East, along with its class position make it a critical component in any revolutionary coalition. Thus, running a Mizrahi candidate will be a clear sign to the residents of south Tel Aviv that they are a central priority. By…
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Haokets
May 21, 2013
After week in desert, 3 Eritreans taken to prison; MK prevented from meeting them
18 of the asylum seekers caught between fences on the Israel-Egypt border were handed over to the Egyptians; two women and a boy were imprisoned in Israel. After seven days in the desert sun with little water and no food, Israel has allowed entry to three out of the 21 asylum seekers who were caught…
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Noam Sheizaf
September 7, 2012
Updated: Housing price protests fail to make an effective statement
This post has been updated, Sunday, 24 July, 2011 The race is on to de-legitimize the housing protestors this week, a group of youngsters camped out on Rothschild Boulevard angry about the high cost of housing. Rothschild is the tony downtown of Tel Aviv, which was renovated some years ago, and now apartments there net…
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
July 17, 2011
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