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Then-Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi attends a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court justice Yosef Elron, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. September 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Both sides of the Sde Teiman leak debate reflect Israel’s moral decay

The Israeli army’s top legal official is being hounded over her role in a scandal that has split the nation. Her complicity in the genocide goes unmentioned.

By Ori Goldberg November 7, 2025

Ahed Tamimi, who spent eight months in an Israeli prison for slapping an Israeli soldier, is seen upon her release in her home village of Nabi Saleh, July 29, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Ahed Tamimi released after eight months in Israeli prison

Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman are released after eight months behind bars for slapping an Israeli soldier. By Oren Ziv Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager who was arrested after being filmed for slapping an IDF soldier in her family’s yard, was released from Israeli prison Sunday morning, along with her mother Nariman, after eight months…

By Oren Ziv July 29, 2018

The mother of the Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed (center) takes part in a protest in solidarity with her son, Nablus West Bank, June 14, 2016. (photo: Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Palestinian prisoner placed in admin. detention — after serving 15 years

Bilal Kayed was supposed to be released from Israeli prison after serving a nearly 15-year sentence. Instead, he was placed under indefinite detention without charges or trial. Photos and text by Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed was meant to be released from Israeli prison on Monday after serving 14.5 years. Instead Israeli military authorities decided to…

By Activestills June 14, 2016

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Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, Jerusalem 2009 (Eileen Fleming CC BY-3.0)

High Court: State can continue restricting Mordechai Vanunu’s freedoms

Nearly 11 years after he was released from an 18-year prison sentence for leaking information on Israel’s top-secret nuclear program, Mordechai Vanunu is still prevented from doing just about anything an average citizen can. Three High Court justices ruled earlier this week that Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu will able allowed extremely limited contact with…

By Haggai Matar January 31, 2015

Salah Diab, a leader of the popular struggle in Sheikh Jarrah, during a weekly protest in the neighborhood. (photo: Amir Bitan)

Popular struggle leader: Education is the best weapon against occupation

Salah Diab, one of the leaders of the struggle against expulsions of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, was released from prison after serving five months for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Now that he has returned to the neighborhood, he is as sure as ever: the future belongs to…

By Orly Noy January 24, 2015

Natan Blanc at the induction base this morning (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

IDF to release conscientious objector after 177 days in prison

Conscientious objector Natan Blanc will be exempted from military service and allowed to volunteer for civil service after more than half a year in prison. Shortly after Blanc’s family and supporters started a campaign for his release, which included several demonstrations and increased media presence, Blanc was summoned earlier this week to the army’s unsuitability…

By Haggai Matar May 30, 2013

Israeli soldiers raid the west bank village of Kfer Qaddum during the weekly demonstration against the occupation, October 5, 2012. (photo: Yotam Ronen/ Activestills.org)

A week in photos: October 4-10

By Activestills October 11, 2012

Demo at Ofer Prison Oct 5 2011

Hunger strikes declared in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners

By Diana Alzeer Youth movements and activists in Palestine and worldwide have declared Wednesday, October 12, 2011 to be a day of both general and hunger strikes in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, who have been undergoing a hunger strike for the last 14 days. Social media and blogs will also be…

By +972 Magazine October 10, 2011