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Israeli riot police run during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood of East Jerusalem, October 5, 2015. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)
How Israeli police solved a case of suspected ‘terrorism’ in record time
An initial police report on an attempted stabbing in the West Bank uses the word ‘terrorist’ to describe the suspect. Only when it transpires that the would-be attacker is Jewish does the word ‘terrorist’ vanish. It’s amazing to watch terminology change in realtime. At 4.19 p.m. on Tuesday, the Israel Police released a statement saying…
By Haggai Matar May 3, 2017
Soldiers patrol one of the entrances to the West Bank village Hizma. (photo: Tamar Fleishman)
IN PHOTOS: A life of constant dread for one Palestinian village
The West Bank village of Hizma, surrounded entirely by the separation wall, is the victim of daily harassment by the army and the police. That hasn’t stopped the residents from opening their homes and businesses to Israeli Jews — even the settlers who live next door. Text and photos by Tamar Flesichman For the 7,000 residents of the West…
By +972 Magazine July 9, 2016
Soldiers patrol one of the entrances to the West Bank village Hizma. (photo: Tamar Fleishman)
Israeli army encloses 7,000 Palestinians in West Bank village
IDF openly tells the 7,000 residents of Hizma that they are being collectively punished for the stone-throwing of a few Palestinians. The Israeli army and Border Police closed off both entrances to the Palestinian village of Hizma in the West Bank on Monday afternoon, in response to what the military claimed were incidents of stone-throwing…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland April 18, 2015
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Israeli reactions to Freedom Riders
The reaction of Israeli onlookers was overwhelmingly negative, with bystanders making racist remarks; after Israeli forces arrested the six activists, a Palestinian journalist was also detained After a short press conference in Ramallah early Tuesday afternoon, journalists followed a van of six Palestinian Freedom Riders to a bus stop in the Jewish settlement of Psagot,…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat November 15, 2011
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