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Jeff Halper holding a sign supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement — but not on the day he was detained by Israeli police. (Courtesy of Jeff Halper)

Supporting BDS is enough to get detained by the cops in Israel these days

Instead of simply announcing that it opposes BDS, which would be a perfectly legitimate stance, the Israeli government is criminalizing the movement and its advocates. The results won’t be pretty. On March 8 police near Jerusalem picked up an Israeli citizen who was just standing on the street. He was not doing anything illegal. Someone who lived in…

By Lisa Goldman March 14, 2017

A Palestinian family sits in the remains of their demolished home in the West Bank village of Umm el-Kheir, South Hebron Hills, April 6, 2016. (Wissam Hashlamon/Flash90)

Equality could be the ultimate deterrence to violence

If the Israeli security establishment is looking for a proper way to put an end to violence, a little equality in the eyes of the law might go a long way. By Talal Jabari One of my very first assignments as a young journalist was to go to Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem to take…

By +972 Magazine July 17, 2016

An elder of the Jaradat family stands in the remains of his home demolished by Israeli authorities. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: The face of Israel’s discriminatory home demolition policy

Demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem are part and parcel of Israel’s publicly stated plans to reduce and control the demography of Palestinians and non-Jews in Jerusalem. With little chance of receiving building permits, Palestinian families often decide to build anyway, hoping that maybe their home will be spared. On Wednesday April 24, Israeli…

By Activestills April 30, 2013

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Children from Nabi Saleh try to block an Israeli military jeep after it stormed into the village, arresting five activists, among them a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, the brother of two of the children seen in the photo, during the weekly demonstration against the occupation in Nabi Saleh, West Bank, November 2, 2012. (photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: November 1-6

Protests in Nabi Saleh, Ma’asara and Kfer Qaddum; Beit Arabiya is demolished; arrest raid on remaining South Sudanese refugess in Israel; and more. Activestills images tell the stories of the week.

By Activestills November 8, 2012

Neighbor Jabril Jahalin, who in July of this year helped to rebuild Beit Arabiya, the family house of Salim and Arabiya Shawamre, surveys the rubble after it was demolished for the sixth time on November 1, 2012. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Photos: Palestinian house demolished for sixth time

Beit Arabiya, a family home and peace center, had been rebuilt in July. At 3:00 a.m. this morning, Israeli forces demolished Beit Arabiya, the family house of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh, for the sixth time. First built in 1994, it was rebuilt once again this summer by international, Palestinian, and Israeli volunteers organized by the…

By Activestills November 1, 2012

Photo essay: West Bank home demolished by Israel is rebuilt

International volunteers join Palestinians and Israelis to build ‘alternative facts on the ground’ in defiance of Israeli demolition policy. By Activestills Six months after Israeli bulldozers demolished the house of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh, Palestinian workers, Israeli activists, and international volunteers gathered to celebrate their successful efforts to rebuild it. Dubbed “Beit Arabiya” (“Arabiya’s House”),…

By Activestills July 17, 2012

Activists resisting home demolitions face ‘IDF Price Tag’ attack

On Monday night, the IDF demolished Palestinian homes closely identified with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Resistance and acts of solidarity will continue, but even resistance cannot keep pace with the massive Price Tag assault that is the Israeli Occupation. By Jeff Halper It has become commonplace among violent West Bank settlers to randomly…

By +972 Magazine January 25, 2012

Breaking: Pete Seeger endorses BDS, shuns Jewish National Fund

By +972 staff Legendary folklorist, singer, songwriter and long time political activist Pete Seeger has officially announced his support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, a press release by the Israel Committee Against House Demolition (ICAHD) said today. According to the press release, Seeger, 91, took part in a virtual rally sponsored by the…

By +972 Magazine February 28, 2011