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Mizrahi activists protest outside Finance Minister Yair Lapid's house, north Tel Aviv. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Why Mizrahim don’t vote for the Left
It is no wonder that Mizrahim vote for right-wing parties when the Ashkenazi-dominated Left has done everything in its power to exclude them. Want things to change? Start talking about Ashkenazi privilege. By Tom Mehager Those who have, historically, voted for Israel’s left-wing camp are often nicknamed “the white tribe.” On the other hand, the…
By Haokets January 24, 2015
The aftermath of a home demolition in Lod, Israel, September 2, 2011. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Palestinian family in Lydd faces home demolition
The Naqib family has been living on their land since before 1948. That, however, didn’t stop the municipality from serving them with an arbitrary demolition order.  After a relative period of calm in which the local authorities have refrained from demolishing homes of Palestinian citizens of Israel, the Lydd (“Lod” in Hebrew, “Lydda” in English) Municipality…
By Rami Younis December 21, 2014
Church of Our Lady in Bir'em. Believers removed grafiti from its walls (Oren Ziv / Activestills)
Hope during wartime: A Palestinian return
The displaced former residents of Kafr Bir’im decided in the summer of 2013 to return to their village, and since then, they haven’t left. The author and his partner visited them one year later. By Eitan Bronstein Aparicio (translated by Ami Asher) We had to travel as far as Kafr Bir’em to find faith in…
By +972 Magazine July 30, 2014
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Houses of the Bedouin family of Khawalid threatened to be demolished by the Israeli administration, October 27, 2012. The Israeli administration has issued demolition warrants for the family after announcing that their lands are bordering with an area planed to be a national park. (photo: SG/Activestills.org)
Photo essay: Galilee Bedouin face house demolitions
  Houses of the Bedouin family of Khawalid threatened to be demolished by the Israeli administration, October 27, 2012. Seen in the distance, the houses of the Bedouin village of Khawalid, which was recognized as a permanent village in 1992. (photo: SG/Activestills.org) The little piece of land that the Khawaled family lives in is located…
By Activestills October 28, 2012
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