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Israeli police officers guard during a protest against tree planting by the Jewish National Fund, outside the Bedouin village of Sa'wa al-Atrash in the Naqab/Negev desert, southern Israel, January 12, 2022. (Flash90)

Gov’t contract shows how Israel enlists forests to grab land from Bedouin citizens

An agreement between the Israel Land Authority and Jewish National Fund uses militaristic language justifying tree-planting as weapon against 'invaders.'

By Meron Rapoport September 22, 2022

The unrecognized village of Atir (Activestills.org)

The tragic resilience of Israel’s unrecognized Arab villages

Palestinian citizens of Israel led the first ‘Land Day’ protests on March 30th, 1976. 40 years later, they’re facing even worse threats than before. +972 visits three unrecognized villages across Israel where Israeli courts have approved evictions in order to build luxury apartments, roads, and new Jewish towns on the ruins of their homes.

By Amjad Iraqi March 30, 2016

Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel demonstrate against the government's housing discrimination and policy of home demolitions, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, April 28, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Thousands protest policy of home demolitions in Tel Aviv

Some 50,000 Palestinian homes in Israel are under threat of demolition. The Israeli government is not addressing the serious housing crisis among the Arab population, activists and politicians say. Photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Several thousand Palestinian citizens of Israel held a demonstration in the center of Tel Aviv Tuesday evening, demanding an end to home…

By Activestills April 28, 2015

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Settlement construction in Gilo, January 21, 2010. (Photo: Activestills.org)

Resource: Israel’s persistent policy of land discrimination

To commemorate the 38th “Land Day”, marked on 30 March 2014, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, decided to research the policy of ‘state land’ allocation. This data revealed that the ILA and the Ministry of Construction and Housing persist in their discriminatory policies against Arab-Palestinian citizens in Israel in…

By +972 Resources March 30, 2014

Aerial view of Yoav Galant's home, as seen on the front page of Haaretz newspaper, 20 January 2011.

The man in the high castle: a look at Galant’s house

Israelis received a new glimpse today into the lifestyle of the military elite. Something happened this morning that calls for breaking a tradition. It’s not a religious tradition, nor is it very old. In fact, it’s nothing but a simple design standard. Then again, design is meaningful, as we will soon discover. I made myself…

By Yuval Ben-Ami January 20, 2011