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‘All I can do is film, and it breaks my heart’
Entire communities in south Hebron are under threat of expulsion, while Israeli soldiers try to prevent activists like me from filming the demolitions.
By
Basil al-Adraa
March 5, 2021
Israel steps up campaign against Bedouin village it demolished 173 times
Israeli forces have demolished the village of Al-Araqib 173 times. Now, in an effort to push the residents off their land, Israel is stepping up its harassment through arrests, raids, and fines.
By
Oren Ziv
January 28, 2020
Over 9,000 Palestinians displaced in a decade of West Bank demolitions
Israel's demolition regime in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has destroyed over 6,000 Palestinian structures, displacing thousands of Palestinians over the past decade — over half of whom are children and minors.
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
December 24, 2019
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‘My dream was destroyed’: Home demolitions soar in East Jerusalem
A spike in both home demolitions and settlement building in East Jerusalem is forcing Palestinians out of their houses — and jobs.
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Judith Sudilovsky
November 25, 2019
WATCH: A dark night in Wadi al-Hummus
Israeli police and soldiers demolished dozens of Palestinian families’ apartments in an area that is supposed to be under full Palestinian control this week. Filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Shor stayed with one of those families through the demolitions to tell their story. The families in Wadi al-Hummus built their homes with all the necessary…
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July 25, 2019
‘Our whole lives are here. Where can we go?’
Spending the night with Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, hoping to stop the bulldozers coming to demolish their homes. By A. Daniel Roth I am awakened by the “thud thud thud” of someone pounding and then the sound stops. It feels like I am waking up after only five minutes of sleep. Each of my…
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July 22, 2019
WATCH: What occupation looks like in the occupied Jordan Valley
Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley are forced on a daily basis to cope with Israel’s arbitrary military policies, from imposing restrictions on movement to home demolitions to a lack of access to water — all while Israeli settlers living on the same land face none of the same issues.
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June 11, 2019
When we celebrate Israeli democracy, we celebrate the violence of occupation
In democratic countries, elections are conventionally described as ‘a celebration.’ But in an undemocratic reality of endless military occupation, they become an overt celebration of the violence of the powerful. By Hagai El-Ad “So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself. I cannot make up…
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February 25, 2019
Sent to prison for trespassing on his own land
Israeli authorities have demolished Al-Araqib over 100 times. Before heading to prison for rebuilding and staying on his land, the village’s leader says he knows justice is on his side. “I have a good feeling I’ll be in prison alongside Netanyahu,” Sheikh Sayeh Abu Madi’am jokes, sitting in a tent in the unrecognized Bedouin village of…
By
Oren Ziv
December 11, 2018
Standing in the way of the machines preparing to destroy an entire village
Every time a home is destroyed, people lose a significant part of their world. But in Khan al-Ahmar it isn’t just a home — it is an entire community, their land, and their place in the world. By Karen Isaacs I am tired and my body hurts. I have slept very few hours this week and except for this…
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October 18, 2018
Everything you need to know about Khan al-Ahmar
Israeli authorities are set to demolish and forcibly displace the entire Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar any day now. Here is what you need to know about the village, and why rights groups and world leaders are describing Israel’s plans as a war crime. By +972 Magazine Staff For nearly a decade, the community of…
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October 16, 2018
PHOTOS: Israeli bulldozers demolish homes in West Bank villages
Israeli bulldozers demolished nine Palestinian structures in the West Bank villages of Al-Hadidiya and Al-Jiftlik late last week. By Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org Israeli bulldozers demolished nine Palestinian structures in two communities in the Jordan Valley last Thursday. The structures belong to three Palestinian families who live in Area C in the West Bank village of Al-Hadidiya in…
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Activestills
October 14, 2018
What Netanyahu’s idea of peace looks like
Although he may publicly reiterate his support for a two-state solution, Netanyahu’s vision for a future Palestinian state is one that would lack nearly all sovereignty. U.S. President Donald Trump said that he favors two states as a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, during a press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New…
By
Haggai Matar
September 27, 2018
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