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Israel’s coronavirus lockdown is blocking human rights work, but not abuses
Rights groups warn Israel's emergency directives are making it more difficult to monitor and protect Palestinian rights during the pandemic.
By
Judith Sudilovsky
March 31, 2020
Israel is trying to ‘break’ this East Jerusalem village — with brutal results
Malek is the latest child in occupied Issawiya to lose an eye from a rubber bullet as Israeli police intensify repression of Palestinian residents.
By
Judith Sudilovsky
February 25, 2020
Daily police violence is the new norm in Issawiya — with no end in sight
For the past six months, Israeli police have subjected Issawiya's residents to daily raids and arrests. No one seems to know the goal of the operation — including the police.
By
Oren Ziv
November 12, 2019
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Israeli forces wound two small Palestinian children: Where’s the outrage?
Israeli security forces shoot two small Palestinian children with ‘less lethal’ bullets — one in the head, one in the thigh. The Israeli media barely notices. A five year old. An armed, uniformed Israeli pointed a gun at him. And shot. A kid not even old enough for first grade. I haven’t seen any reports…
By
Mairav Zonszein
October 1, 2015
WATCH: Protesting collective punishment in East Jerusalem
Israeli police regularly shut down roads in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya following clashes there, in what amounts to collective punishment on the village’s entire population. That is the message residents had for police: we just want to live. Stop punishing us. More on collective punishment in Issawiya: Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis protest collective…
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Social TV
September 13, 2015
The story behind the viral ‘apartheid’ photo
Recently, a photograph made waves for its apparent depiction of the disparities in the treatment of Israeli and Palestinian minors. This is what happened to the boys in the photo, with a strange twist involving an Israeli soldier lost in a Palestinian village. By Avi Blecherman (translated by Hadas Leonov) The following story is going…
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+972 Magazine
August 19, 2015
WATCH: How Palestinian land becomes an Israeli national park
Issawiya, a crowded Palestinian village situated on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus, is home to 23,000 people. The municipality is planning to build a national park atop land belonging to the village, rather than building schools and infrastructure that would benefit its residents. The Palestinian residents of the village aren’t taking the decision lying…
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Social TV
August 18, 2015
WATCH: Police spray putrid water on Palestinian homes, schools
Two new videos catch a police ‘skunk’ truck spraying East Jerusalem neighborhoods with foul-smelling liquid. The smell was so bad that 4,500 students had to stay home from school. The “skunk” trucks drives slowly through the neighborhood. It is evening, and there is no evidence of clashes in the area. The truck proceeds slowly, sprays…
By
Haggai Matar
November 15, 2014
Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis protest collective punishment in East Jerusalem
Over 800 people marched in the streets of Issawiya to call for an end to the mayor’s policies of road closures, petty fines and home demolitions. By Moriel Rothman-Zecher In the midst of the heightened tension gripping much of Jerusalem over the past few weeks, over 800 people marched peacefully through the village of Issawiya…
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+972 Magazine
November 13, 2014
WATCH: ‘There’s no peace in Jerusalem’
Since before this summer’s war, Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem have been clashing with Israeli police on an almost daily basis. Head of the Issawiya Monitoring Committee explains that the youths are closed in by the wall and have nothing to do but throw stones. ‘This is the terror of the occupation: soldiers chasing children.’…
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Social TV
November 11, 2014
Photos of the month: The holy city nears its boiling point
Just a month ago, Jerusalem’s residents were celebrating Eid al-Adha. Since then tensions have approached a boiling point, Muslims and Jews are adopting dangerous rhetoric about the Temple Mount and blood has been spilled on both sides. A month in photos. Photos by: Oren Ziv, Yotam Ronen, Ahmad al-Bazz, Fiaz Abu-Rmeleh, Tali Mayer / Activestills.org…
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Activestills
November 1, 2014
Israel releases former Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi
Thousands gather in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya to welcome the now-iconic hunger striker home. Text by Michael Omer-Man Photos by Oren Ziv and Tali Mayer / Activestills.org Former hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi was released to his home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya Monday night, exactly eight months after he agreed…
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Activestills
December 23, 2013
The festering legacy of Oslo: Jerusalem as ‘indivisible’ as ever
“We have a real problem. There is no physical separation and the level of hostility is very high.” This is what a Jewish Israeli member of the board of the French Hill Community Council told Haaretz‘s Nir Hasson, referring to tensions between his Jewish neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, and the adjacent Palestinian neighborhood of…
By
Mairav Zonszein
September 13, 2013
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