Jonathan Pollak

Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak seen in the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, arrested as part of unprecedented legal campaign by Ad Kan, January 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Want to fight for real equality? Look to Jonathan Pollak

For Israeli and U.S. activists, demanding equality tends to mean raising others to our level of privilege. But how many are willing to relinquish that privilege?

By Libby Lenkinski October 5, 2023

Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak at the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court, arrested as part of an unprecedented private suit by Israeli right-wing group Ad Kan, Jan. 15, 2020. (Oren Ziv)

Attorney general orders prominent anti-occupation activist released from custody

Left-wing activist Jonathan Pollak has been behind bars for nearly two months, after an extreme-right group filed a suit against him for protesting in the West Bank.

By Oren Ziv February 19, 2020

Israeli left-wing activist Jonathan Pollak is led to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court for a hearing, January 30, 2020. (Oren Ziv)

Israeli activist persecuted by far-right group marks one month in custody

Israel has been holding Jonathan Pollak in custody since the beginning of January, after an extreme-right group filed a suit against him for protesting in the West Bank.

By Oren Ziv February 4, 2020

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A Palestinian student from Birzeit University uses a slingshot to throw stones at Israeli troops during clashes with soldiers at the Atara checkpoint as they protest against Israel's military action on the Gaza Strip. November 19, 2012. (Issam Rimawi / FLASH90)

Why the Israeli left’s obsession with nonviolence reinforces the occupation

By promoting a narrow view of legitimate resistance, the left is unwittingly justifying Israel's repression of Palestinian protests.

By Dan Owen January 22, 2020

Israeli soldiers remove Israeli activists who stage a sit-in on the route of the separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil'in, West Bank, November 11, 2005. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Ban on Israeli activists from West Bank based on lies and misinformation

Naftali Bennett's decision to bar 30 Israeli activists from the West Bank is an attempt to silence anyone who dares work alongside Palestinians to end the occupation.

By Oren Ziv January 19, 2020

Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak at the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court, arrested as part of an unprecedented private suit by Israeli right-wing group Ad Kan, Jan. 15, 2020. (Oren Ziv)

As a Palestinian rights defender, I’m proud to stand with Jonathan Pollak

The Israeli military court where I stood trial for false charges, and the civil court where my friend faces his, are part of the same unjust system.

By Mohammed Khatib January 15, 2020

Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak seen in the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, arrested as part of an unprecedented private suit by Ad Kan, January 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Arrest of Israeli activist shows extreme-right group working with the state

Anti-occupation activist Jonathan Pollak's arrest could only have come about as a result of coordination between the police, the courts, and the extreme-right group suing him.

By Oren Ziv January 8, 2020

Jonathan Pollak, right, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court after being arrested at his place of work, January 6, 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Undercover police arrest prominent Israeli anti-occupation activist

Officers arrest Jonathan Pollak at his workplace in south Tel Aviv after he refused to appear in court over a private prosecution filed against him by extreme-right group Ad Kan.

By Oren Ziv January 6, 2020

Jonathan Pollak seen inside the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, December 27, 2010. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Prominent anti-occupation activist assaulted in Tel Aviv

Left-wing Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak attacked by two assailants outside his workplace in south Tel Aviv. The attackers reportedly yelled ‘leftist asshole’ as they beat him before one of them pulled out a knife and lightly wounded him. A prominent left-wing activist was physically assaulted by two unknown assailants as he left work in Tel Aviv on Sunday. The…

By Oren Ziv July 8, 2019

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, April 21, 2017. (Flash90)

Nabi Saleh is where I lost my Zionism

By the time I began going to Nabi Saleh, I had spent about four years reporting on what I saw in the West Bank and Gaza, watching detachedly as my politics moved ever leftward. What I witnessed in that small West Bank village was the last straw. A short video of 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi slapping…

By Lisa Goldman December 24, 2017

Members of the Tamimi family prevent from an Israeli solider from arresting Mohammed Tamimi, 11, during the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 28, 2015. (photo: Muhannad Saleem / Activestills.org)

Seeing the forest of occupation through the trees of Nabi Saleh

A recent episode of Israel’s premier political talk show illustrates how so many Israelis are unable — or unwilling — to see the structural nature of the injustices borne of occupation. By Libby Lenkinski My husband is a psychotherapist – he spends his life thinking about people’s individual psyche and inner worlds. I am a…

By +972 Magazine December 23, 2017

WATCH: protesters clash with soldiers at Bil’in barrier

Palestinian demonstrators and their supporters have clashed with Israeli soldiers at a weekly gathering in the village of Bil’in in the West Bank. It happened as the demonstrators approached a portion of the controversial separation barrier built by Israel. Soldiers fired back with tear gas after demonstrators drove a bulldozer into part of the barrier.…

By Roee Ruttenberg June 24, 2011

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The Atlantic has not heard of the joint struggle in the West Bank? (UPDATED)

Something caught my eye when looking through photos on The Atlantic of the Nakba day demonstrations which engulfed the West Banks and Israel’s border areas last Sunday. Image 16, reprinted below, carries the following caption: Two Palestinian men struggle after being overcome by tear gas fired during clashes with the Israeli police on May 15, 2011…

By Joseph Dana May 20, 2011