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Young Palestinians demonstrate against the Prawer Plan in East Jerusalem, November 30, 2013. (Photo: Activestills.org)

The case for a unified Palestinian protest movement

The Arab Higher Monitoring Committee is calling for a general strike against recent Israel-U.S. attempts to further repress Palestinians. This is an opportunity to involve a younger generation of activists, and coordinate a joint struggle. By Rabeea Eid Palestinians across Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are banding together in a general strike on October 1, in…

By +972 Magazine September 24, 2018

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

Palestinian women protest the Hamdan killing at the entrance to the city of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinian citizens strike, protest Hamdan killing

Photos by Yotam Ronen, Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Text by Keren Manor Palestinian citizens of Israel called for a general strike on Sunday to protest the shooting death of Khir Hamdan at the hands of Israeli police overnight on Saturday. The strike paralyzed large cities and villages across the country, with several schools shutting down…

By Activestills November 9, 2014

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Israeli riot police pictured during clashes in Kafr Kanna, in the wake of the shooting death of Khir Hamdan. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

How police lied about the deadly shooting of Khir Hamdan

I was sure that with all of their past experience, Israeli police would finally learn how to tell a decent lie. It turns out that the boys in blue could stand to learn a thing or two. I spent the last week in Amsterdam, where I hoped to disconnect and forget about the racism and…

By Rami Younis November 9, 2014

Palestinian-owned stores in Jerusalem's Old City are shuttered in honor of a three-day strike across Jerusalem and the West Bank. (photo: Bilha Calderon)

For Palestinians in Jerusalem, to strike or not to strike?

A call for a general strike on both sides of the Green Line, in solidarity with Gaza, prompts a range of responses and dilemmas among Palestinian workers in Jerusalem. By Corey Sherman Heeding calls from Palestinian leaders on both sides of the Green Line, Palestinians across Israel and the West Bank observed both a general strike…

By +972 Magazine July 22, 2014

African asylum seekers hold press conference in south Tel Aviv's Levinsky Park, where they announce that they will continue striking. (photo: Activestills.org)

African asylum seekers: We will continue to strike until demands are met

African asylum seekers held a press conference Tuesday in south Tel Aviv, where they announced that they will continue their “Strike For Freedom” until further notice. Representatives of the community from Sudan, Eritrea and Central African Republic spoke in both Hebrew and English about why they have been on strike and holding protests, and outlined…

By Mairav Zonszein January 7, 2014

Thousands of African asylum seekers meet in south Tel Aviv's Levinsky Park to plan a three-day general strike protesting Israel's immigration policies and asylum regime, January 4, 2014. (Photo: Activestills.org)

African asylum seekers to strike in protest of Israeli immigration policies

In protest of new law authorizing indefinite detention and a wave of roundups in south Tel Aviv, asylum seekers declare general strike and three days of protests. Thousands of African asylum seekers met in a south Tel Aviv park Saturday night to plan a three-day general strike protesting Israel’s asylum and immigration policies. Their central…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 4, 2014

J14 calls for General Strike on November 1. Will anyone listen?

Posters and stickers—calling for a general strike (or, more literally, a people’s strike) and sponsored by J14—have popped up all over Tel Aviv in the past week or so. But with Gilad Schalit’s release capturing the country’s attention, will anyone heed the call? The poster above includes a picture of the Knesset and reads, “They’re…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat October 19, 2011

Prisoner rally in Ramallah last week. Photo by Activestills.org

Palestinian bloggers called to join prisoner hunger strike

On 27 September 2011, activists with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) launched a prisoner hunger strike in protest of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians prisoners in Israeli jails. Rallies have been held throughout the West Bank in support of the hunger strike and now activists are calling on bloggers throughout the world…

By Joseph Dana October 10, 2011